Italy funds FAO project for four Central American countries

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Italy funds FAO project for four Central American countries

2010-12-11 08:15:00 GMT+7 (ICT)

ROME, ITALY (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on Friday announced that Italy funded a regional agricultural project for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

The FAO project will enable the four Central American nations to achieve higher food security levels through improvements in the commercialization of farm products.

The Italian government contributed with $5.9 million for the project in order to make possible the implementation of it. Since 1995, $770 million from donors and national governments have been invested in FAO-designed food security programs.

The program was designed to get agricultural produce to market more quick and to improve the efficiency of agrifood chains. The project will involve more than 3,500 small and medium-sized agricultural producers.

The $5.9 million funding will also give producers the potential to increase their commercial production and to improve their market position.

The project will last for about three and a half years and will directly involve the "Consejo Agropecuario Centro Americano" and the "Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana de Tecnología Agricola" for the regional integration of agricultural policies.

According to FAO, higher levels of food security are defined as “when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.â€

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