Crops Training Centre Act, 2004. Country/Territory South Sudan Document type Legislation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the establishment of a Crops Training Centre in Yei, its control and governance and regulate the activities of the same and other matters related thereto. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Institution Research Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Northern Africa, Sahel Abstract This Act establishes in Yei the Crops Training Centre as a body corporate and defines its functions and powers. The Centre shall be under the general guidance and supervision of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Resources. The Centre shall- (a) be responsible for the formulation and delivery of training services in the crops and related subjects throughout the New Sudan; (b) identify and recommend to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Resources the adoption of such policies that shall support the development of the agricultural sector in general and training in crops in particular; (c) develop innovative approaches to the development of market-based training in crops development topics; (d) prepare and implement crops training plans and report on the state of training in this sector and related subjects, as may be required by the Commissioner; (e) enter into agreements or similar arrangements with persons for the provision of training services and on such charges as may be agreed upon; (f) carry out or commission researches for the purposes of designing and delivering appropriate and sustainable crops training in the New Sudan; (g) provide training to private individuals, staff of commercial enterprises, nongovernmental organisations and public officers for the development and sustainable management of the crops sector in the New Sudan; and (h) perform any other functions as may be conferred upon it by this Act. Full text English