The national Agriculture and Forestry minister said food for all remains a major concern in the country and all must work hard to meet food security by 2014.
Beda Machar said food security is a collective responsibility of the ministry, the government and the entire population of South Sudan, Bakhita Radio reported.
He urged the educated elite and top government officials to be active participants in the production of food in the country.
The minister added that his ministry was working hard to put up policies to facilitate food production in the country.
Mr Machar said South Sudan was not free from all sorts of calamities affecting the world including flooding from climatic changes that greatly affected food production in the country.
He said South Sudan was already undergoing flooding.
The minister added that the government already established a committee to address floods in the country.
Mr Machar said the government was working hard to preserve food for citizens and sought assistance from its agencies to rescue hunger in the country.