Economic development Mongalla, South Sudan

fishing in sudd wetland

the district commissioners initiated development of cotton @ mongalla in 1920s , 1930s, price paid mongalla cotton fell 50 piastres per kantar in 1929–30 18 piastres in 1931 , industry failed develop planned.the southern scales , defined rates of pay officials , workers in southern provinces of sudan, extremely low, making impossible administrators undertake development such school, hospital or economic projects. use of money restricted, , in 1945 taxes still being paid in kind.

in 1937 j.c. myers commissioned undertake botanical survey of mongalla province, later extended of equatoria. in contrast pessimistic view of south taken khartoum administration, enthusiastic wealth , diversity of plants. noted people had adapted cultivating non-native plants such cassava, maize, sweet potato , groundnuts. noted government restricting commercial development of sugarcane, tobacco , coffee, grew wild, , preventing economic development. in 1938 governor symes made tour of equatoria , left contempt intensified . consistently rejected schemes development.

an experimental station established grow sugar @ mongalla in 1950s, , there plans establish commercial operations. however, after independence in 1956 khartoum government shifted sugar project north, grown under less favorable conditions heavy irrigation. after first sudanese civil war ended in 1972, there plans revive sugar production @ mongalla, , although mongalla sugar processing factory operated on low-scale in 1970s, ceased production when civil war broke out again in 1983.a clothing mill operated in 1970s deactivated due unrest in 1980s. paper mill planned @ mongalla, fed eucalyptus species planted in 70,000 feddan area.equipment supplied denmark between 1975 , 1976 use in agro-industrial complex @ mongalla. include power station , pump station support abbatoir, poultry project, fish-receiving plant , wood-working factory. equipment arrived not installed, , rusted away. project funded khartoum established 6 textile-manufacturing units in sudan, 1 @ mongalla, , other 5 factories located in north @ ed duiem, kadugli, kosti, nyala, , shendi. agreement made belgian firm, soberi, supply weaving factory of 256 looms , @ 1 point estimated produce around 9 million meters of grey fabric per annum, failed past trial phase due lack of raw materials, capital, , transportation facilities.