Tk 110.32cr FAO grant for the cyclone-hit
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will provide Bangladesh with Tk 110.32 crore for rehabilitation of cyclone Sidr and Aila affected people.
Under the 'Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project' (ECRRP), the FAO will provide the amount, said an official handout.
Samor Kumar Ghosh, director general of ECRRP, and Ad Spijker, FAO representative, signed the agreement at the auditorium of the Planning Ministry in Dhaka yesterday.
Under the agreement, FAO will provide high yielding and salinity-tolerant crop seeds, agriculture equipment, fertiliser, boats and other equipment for fishing, technology for fish farming, livestock and poultry rearing, supply of fodder, construction of sheds, improved animal sheds, improved storage of seed at household level, animal vaccines, etc, among the Sidr and Aila victims.
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