CRS gives farm tools to 2,873 households

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has distributed seed rice and farming tools to 2,873 households in the southeastern Guinean towns of Kissidougou and Guekedou. The aid is part of a US $75,000 effort launched in July to improve food security for thousands of formerly displaced people, CRS reported on Tuesday. Each household received a 40kg bag of seeds able to yield half a hectare of paddy rice. This operation is to be complemented by another funded by the USAID’s Office of Foreign Assistance which is to distribute simple agricultural tools to another 5,000 people in the area, CRS said. CRS has been operating in Guinea since 1990. So far this year, it has invested nearly US $500,000 in various relief and development projects, the agency said.