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FAO help for displaced farmers

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    The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is to help Liberia's government provide emergency agricultural assistance to war-affected farmers through a project worth US $237,000.

    FAO said in a news release on 13 July that the project, titled "Emergency Provision of Agricultural Inputs to Refugees, Host Communities and Internally Displaced Farmers in Montserrado County", aimed to encourage sustainable livelihood activities through food production.

    The project will provide farmers with essential agricultural inputs, including farm tools, rice and assorted vegetable seeds, fertilisers, groundnuts and sweet potato cuttings. It targets about 7,000 farm families, including 2,000 refugee families, 4,000 displaced families and 1,000 families in host communities.

    The Ministry of Agriculture, FAO and NGOs will coordinate project activities. Assistance for refugees will be coordinated with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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