FAO to disburse CFA17 billion for various projects in 2018-2020

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FAO to disburse CFA17 billion for various projects in 2018-2020

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- Friday, 22 June 2018 16:14

(Business in Cameroon) - Between 2018 and 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO will disburse CFA17 billion to finance various programs in Cameroon. This was revealed on June 14, 2018, during the presentation of the institution’s program for Cameroon to authorities in Yaoundé.

According to Athman Mravili, the FAO representative in Cameroon, the fund will be used to finance food security, and value chains’ development projects. It will also be used to support the management of natural resources, resilience building, and nutrition.

“We will work with all the government institutions involved to transform the national framework into specific projects. Once all that is done, we will launch the second phase which is to mobilize resources”, he explained.

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