The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a funding agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Liberia.
The Funding Agreement which is in the tone of USD$3,564,000 is geared towards the implementation of a three-year project Strengthening Capacities in the Fisheries and Rice Cultivation Sectors for Food Security and Nutrition Improvement.
The project is designed to address challenges of less marine fisheries production which is partly due to the fact that fisher forks, fishmongers and processors are not adequately capacitated and equipped to stay safe and healthy at sea and undue post-catch losses which remain unfulfilled in all nine coastal fishing counties.
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