FAO pumps P140m into development projects

Teaming up: A panel discusses FAO's approach to partnership during the organisation’s stakeholder engagement last week PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Teaming up: A panel discusses FAO's approach to partnership during the organisation’s stakeholder engagement last week PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO) says it has poured P142 million into partnering government's developmental efforts through a diverse portfolio of projects since 2018.

The projects addressed critical areas such as horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture development, food and nutrition policy development, post-harvest loss management, the cultivation of good agricultural practices, quality management systems, and the assessment and mitigation of land degradation, among others.

Out of the 24 projects, about 14 of them are complete with the rest nearing completion.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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