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RICE FARMING IN JAPAN (Photo credit: Facts and Details) |
The donation arrived in Banjul, the Gambian capital, on Feb. 15, 2013,
the Japan embassy in the country said during a “committee meeting” in Banjul
organized by the two governments.
The Embassy’s first secretary Akiko Takano said the initiative which
is part of the Food Aid Project (KR) for the Fiscal Year 2011 cost 270 million
Japanese Yen (close to 90 million Gambian Dalasi).
Japan’s food aid to Gambia has been on for more than 30 years - from
1980 when it started, Mrs Takano noted.
She said this assistance is a contribution to the “food security of The
Gambia”.
The meeting is a good opportunity not only to review the recent
projects of the KR programme, but also to look into the conditions of food security
in the country, she added.
Takano said though there have been obstacles in the execution of the
programme, especially the constitution of counterpart fund, the committee
meeting will come up with a solution.
Food crisis
A severe food crisis hit The Gambia in 2012 after
a total crop failure manifested itself following what many observers blamed on
erratic rainfall during the 2011 cropping season.
That food crisis left majority
of Gambians especially farmers resorting to one-meal a day, women and children largely
affected, aid agencies said.
Hunger and food insecurity
remains a major problem in the country.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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