Norway donates USD $18.6 million in multiyear funding to FAO
Episode 384, Jul 12, 2018, 06:14 AM
The Government of Norway has donated 150 million Norwegian kroners which is an equivalent of about 18.6 million US dollars in multiyear funding to provide life-saving livelihood support to thousands of farmers in South Sudan.
The donation will be channeled through the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation – FAO, to improve food security.
Norway’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Lars Andersen, told Miraya Breakfast Show that the funding targets thousands of farmers under the Emergency Livelihood Response Program to improve food security.
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