Food aid in the framework of the Polder rehabilitation scheme

Funding: MAE (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Comité Interministériel de l'Aide Alimentaire)

Since October 2008, in partnership with the two coop farms cultivating the area round Kumsong polder, TGH has been selecting the cultures to plant in 2009. We have also begun to build rice cutting areas and storage silos, and are providing tools to farms.

Owing to current food difficulties, it is essential to support the Ministry of Agriculture’s efforts in terms of land planning and preparing land for cultivation by June 2009. Our support includes providing basic foodstuffs to the laborers working on the site, the ministry being currently unable to provide such aid. The Food-for-Work project helps to maximize the impact of food safety and increase agricultural production in the area. At short-term level, it provides subsistence food to the 1500 people working the land, helping them over the tough “relay period” that will last till the rice harvest in the autumn of 2009.

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