The Japanese government will provide food aid to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Pḥilippines, benefiting thousands of fishing and farming households in the region.
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko and World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director of the Philippines Brenda Barton signed on Thursday, Nov. 4, a food grant aid project to BARMM worth 350 million yen.
Through the grant aid, the WFP as the implementer, will procure 1,788 metric tons of Japanese-produced rice.
The initiative seeks to support 9,877 farming and fishing households, including decommissioned combatants and indigenous peoples in Bangsamoro, the Japanese Embassy said.
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