by FAO
29. April 2010 09:48
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has distributed improved rice seeds in five provinces that were affected by last year’s devastating typhoon Ketsana in the southern parts of Lao PDR. Two teams distributed seeds directly to 11,380 households in 238 target villages in the five provinces. A total of 440 tons of rice seeds were distributed from the end of February to the middle of April 2010.The distribution was done by FAO emergency staff in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and PAFO and DAFO in sixteen districts in the five affected provinces: Savannakhet, Saravane, Champasack, Attapeu and Sekong. Rice distribution in typhoon affected communities April2010.doc (54.50 kb)
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