FAO pumps P140m into development projects
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 890 Views |
Teaming up: A panel discusses FAO's approach to partnership during the organisation’s stakeholder engagement last week PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
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.
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...