Accra, July 8, GNA- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has voted 21 million dollars for the supply of agricultural inputs to help small farmers and vulnerable households to mitigate the rising cost of food globally.
The beneficiary farmers, who would be selected in 48 African countries, would receive seeds and fertilisers this month for one year. A press release, issued in Accra, by FAO Media Office on Tuesday, said the assistance package is under a Technical Co-operation Programme. Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Mauritania, Mozambique and Senegal have already benefited from the project at the cost of 2.8 million dollars.
The release said increased food production would help the farmers to increase production in order to engender food surplus to bring down the soaring prices.
The programme was a means to encourage donors, financial institutions and national governments to support the provision of inputs on a much larger scale.
"The initiative will not remain a drop in the ocean but will produce a salutary catalytic effect," the release said.
