(Business in Cameroon) - The representation of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Cameroon was granted CFA1.7 billion by Japan. This is to better tackle food insecurity and malnutrition in Cameroon.

“Thanks to this Japanese grant, we can now plan for the increase of the food ration which is now at 65% of the initial budget,” Abdoulaye Baldé, the organ’s representative in Cameroon said.

Presently, about 550,000 people in Adamaoua, in the far-north, as well as in the eastern and northern regions of Cameroon benefit from WFP’s food assistance, in the form of of food products and cash. Among the beneficiaries, there are more than 200,000 Cameroonians displaced due to the exactions of the Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram and, Central African and Nigerian refugees who found asylum on Cameroonian soil some years ago.

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