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elcome to the first issue of the With the support of our donors, FAO was ‘FAO - Newsletter’. able to complement the government’s Contents W The aim of this newsletter is to effort to relief and recovery and respond keep you updated with the programmes to the needs of the affected farming and run by the FAO-Philippines country fishing communities by setting the path to office. restore resilient livelihoods. Typhoon Haiyan– One year on In view of this first issue and of my recent Over 14 months on, we now want to 3 arrival, I would like to take this opportunity reconfirm our commitment to the to introduce myself. I have more than communities we are seeing through the 20 years of international experience relief, recovery and rehabilitation phases. A Bumper Harvest for in development and humanitarian Our work with the affected families will Visayas Farmers assistance, with more than 14 of those continue as rehabilitation efforts are 4 years with FAO. During this time I have focusing increasingly on sustainable worked both at headquarters and in the development and resilience-building in the Looking at the field providing managerial, strategic policy long term. Future: Improving advice, operational and technical capacity Sustainable Practices to FAO as well as to international NGOs. At FAO, we use the word resilience 6 for a very important reason. We know I was appointed as FAO-Representative that the Philippines is prone to natural Community nurseries help in the Philippines in May last year, disasters like successive typhoons, and rebuild typhoon-damaged having spent the last seven years based we know this presents a challenge. FAO is farms in Mambusao in Senegal managing the FAO Regional engaged to continue supporting farmers 8 Emergency and Rehabilitation Office and fishers to get back on their feet as for West Africa and Sahel region. The quickly as possible and to rebuild their Creating new access Philippines is a challenging and exciting lives. During my time in the Philippines, I to markets for family experience for me and I very much look have been fortunate to meet with some farms forward to maintaining and further remarkable families receiving assistance 10 strengthening the excellent and successful through our projects and see first-hand relations with national government the resilience of the Filipino people, who Analyzing climate counterparts, donors and other partners. are gradually getting back on track with change impacts to their lives after suffering great losses. improve food security As we’ve now marked the one year 11 anniversary of the devastation of Typhoon In addition to Haiyan recovery and Haiyan/Yolanda in the Philippines, I’m rehabilitation projects, FAO continues to proud to say that FAO, in collaboration support the development needs of the Events with national counterparts, has made agriculture sector through projects on significant headway in the recovery food security information systems, early 12 warning systems for food and nutrition and rehabilitation efforts in the major livelihood sectors concerning agricultural security, assessment of climate change and coastal communities in the affected impacts on household food security, regions in the country. entrepreneurship development and market access of small farmers, and improving aquaculture feeds, among others. FAO is also helping restore the agricultural livelihoods of conflict–affected family farmers in Maguindanao Province of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our donors. Without the team efforts between the Government, the donor community and partners, we would not have been able to continue to make a real and positive difference for hundreds of thousands of farmers and fishers.

Thank you for your valuable support and I wish you all a very productive 2015.

FAO Representative to the Philippines, José Luis Fernandez José Luis Fernandez meets with Haiyan FAO Representative to the Philippines rice and corn beneficiaries

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FAO and national counterparts distribute agricultural inputs to farmers affected by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)

Typhoon Haiyan–One year on

ne year after Typhoon Haiyan “Farmers have been key responders A key component of all FAO’s ongoing devastated coastal and in this emergency”, said FAO interventions is resilience-building and O farmland areas in the central Representative to the Philippines laying the ground work for sustainable Philippines, farmers and fishers are José Luis Fernandez. “We helped development through the integration well on the road to recovery and them source seed to plant in time. of the Accountability to Affected building more resilient livelihoods. They, in turn, filled local markets with Populations into all programmes. FAO, in close collaboration with rice four months later. Without their the government of the Philippines, perseverance, food aid and other FAO’s typhoon Haiyan recovery is reaching out to communities in forms of humanitarian assistance work to date has been supported severely affected areas through some would have been required much by the UN Central Emergency Fund 22 projects across the MIMAROPA, longer and for many more people.” (CERF), the Humanitarian Aid and Western, Central and Eastern Visayas Civil Protection Department of the regions. Since December, FAO has provided European Commission (ECHO) and more than 100 000 rice and corn the Governments of Belgium, Brazil, Typhoon Haiyan’s record force farming households (some 500 000 Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, decimated crop fields, orchards, people) with certified rice seed, corn Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, fishing boats and gear—virtually seed, fertilizer and hand tools. In order Switzerland and the United Kingdom. all productive assets that rural and to further build resilience and make coastal families base their lives accessing markets easier, FAO is also upon—causing losses to agriculture providing water-and-pest-resistant A family receives one across the nine affected regions storage containers to protect farmers’ bag of inputs as part and threatening the nation’s food seeds, along with drying nets and post- of the rice and corn security. Within hours of the Typhoon harvest equipment, and is training emergency programme making landfall, around 1.1 million farmers in how to reduce post-harvest tonnes of crops, 44 million coconut losses. trees suffered severe damage, as did fishing communities along some of the About FAO’s Haiyan Response country’s most productive shores. FAO Philippines has been In response to a request by the implementing 22 projects directly Government of the Philippines, in response to Typhoon Haiyan, within weeks of the disaster, FAO benefiting more than 150 000 (some began distributing rice production 750 000) of the most vulnerable packages in time for the December agricultural and fisheries communities. 2013/January 2014 planting season, Thanks to donor support of nearly enabling farmers to bring in their first USD 40 million, FAO is providing crop without skipping one harvesting assistance in four critical areas of season. These rice farmers have intervention: rice and corn farming; already sown their fields for the fisheries and coastal communities; second time with the certified rice coconut-based farming systems; and seed and are now harvesting the coastal/mangrove forest rehabilitation. second time since the typhoon.

Issue 1 I 3 Haiyan rice and corn Emergency phase

Farmers planting rice in Mambusao,

A Bumper Harvest for Visayas Farmers

yphoon Haiyan wreaked havoc Like most of their neighbours, Gelma’s from the harvest proceeds. Cristobal to more than 600 000 hectares of family rely on farming as the primary Singson, a rice farmer from T farmland in nine of the poorest source of income. said, “Even if the landowner provinces in central Philippines. was forgiving and allowed us to not An estimated one million farming “My husband and I work together so pay for the first cropping season of the households were affected and 1.1 we don’t have to pay other people to typhoon, we would be obliged to pay million metric tonnes of crops lost. assist us in planting and harvesting. double on the next cropping season. It The typhoon also severely impacted Sometimes, my older son helps during was a huge problem back then, when the country’s food supply and food weekends. We’ve managed for several we didn’t even know where to get the security. years; and while we have battled capital for the purchase of inputs so several typhoons in the past, Yolanda we can start planting again.” In the initial phases after the typhoon, (local name of Haiyan) left us with affected households had to rely on nothing. We cannot ask for help from A few days after the typhoon, FAO relief provisions in order to feed. our relatives, like we have done in the initiated distribution of rice and However with rice and corn input past, because they were badly affected corn seeds and fertilizers to the packages provided by FAO—including too,” recounted Gelma. households affected. These were done high-yielding varieties of rice and corn in partnership with the Department seeds, fertilizers, centrifugal pumps This situation has been the same for of Agriculture and concerned Local and hand tools—farming households corn farmers like Eduardo Lantoria, Government Units. FAO distributed in the provinces of from Barangay Manibad, Mambusao, one sack of rice or corn seeds for are now a story of hope and resilience. Capiz. “I’ve been farming since I was every hectare of farm. To ensure that seven years old and I am now 68,” he the seeds will not be resold, input For Gelma Mesias, a rice farmer from said. “My farm is located in a higher distribution was based on farm size. Barangay Pangpang Sur, Mambusao, site but it was not spared by the Capiz, the typhoon wiped out the typhoon. We were lucky to have some The certified rice and corn seeds ready-to-harvest produce of their relatives abroad who have loaned us were of different varieties from the one-hectare farm and destroyed all some money after a few weeks. But ones that the farmers have been houses in their community. They were during the initial stages, we had to rely traditionally using. In spite of their forced to evacuate to a nearby school on relief support.” initial misgivings, they were willing to for safety for a few days. In the midst try the new varieties as they had little of the turmoil, she was thinking how The impact of the typhoon was worse opportunity to make use of certified they would be able to afford the major for farmers who do not own their land seeds in the past due to their high repairs of their house and how they and have to pay arrears to landowners cost. This, however, paid off. According would send their children to school. in the form of cash or percentages to Danilo Leonor, a rice farmer from

4 I FAO Philippines Newsletter 2015 With the FAO certified rice seed, supported farmers were Rice and Corn Emergency able to harvest a second crop since Typhoon Haiyan hit intervention (December 2013 – June 2014)

72 000+ metric tonnes of milled rice produced Barangay Maralag, Mambusao, Capiz, “Our yield has doubled. We got very good quality seeds and were able to somehow offset our losses during the typhoon. We are now in our third cropping period and we’re still using the propagated seeds from the first batch 6 800+ of seeds that we have received from metric tonnes of corn grits produced FAO.”

“We were very surprised when the harvests turned in. The new varieties were much better compared with the ones that we’ve been using. They were also less prone to infestation. Maybe 44 500+ because the pests here were not used to these new varieties” added Gelma. farming households reached with certified For Fatima Laurente, a rice farmer from rice seed, corn seed and fertilizer Barangay Manibad, Mambusao Capiz, “The seeds enabled us to plant for the harvest season after Yolanda. Because of that, we’ve managed to make the repairs in our homes, pay for our children’s tuition fees and not rely on relief goods anymore.” 68 000+ farming households provided with access To date, FAO has provided input package support to over 100 000 to hand tools farming households in the affected regions in the Philippines. Brenda Saquing, FAO-Philippines Area Coordinator for Region VI pointed out, “We managed to provide support at the time when the farming households 650 000 needed it most. These input packages were instrumental in ensuring that people (approximately 130 000 households have resumed their households) could be fed with rice livelihood and started recovering from the impact of the typhoon.” produced

Farmers harvest their bumper crop 4 000 000 people (approximately 890 000 households) could be fed with corn grits produced

Issue 1 I 5 Haiyan fisheries Early recovery

Women dry the fish after receiving post- harvest and value adding training

Looking at the Future: Improving Sustainable Practices

early two-thirds of fishing seaweed and fish production kits. EU Ambassador lauds fishing communities lost their Women, who are essential to post- communities’ sustainable N productive assets after harvesting activities like conserving, rehabilitation efforts Typhoon Haiyan, with an estimated selling and trading fish, are also being 30 000 small-scale fishing boats trained on how to add extra value to During a recent field visit to the lost, damaged or destroyed. The their products. typhoon-ravaged Abuyog community rehabilitation process of the fisheries in Leyte, Ambassador Guy Ledoux sector now presents the opportunity Because mangroves play a key role in of the European Union (EU) praised to introduce improved practices and stabilizing coastlines against weather the fisherfolks for their remarkable help small-scale traders and fish shocks and contribute to aquaculture resilience, particularly in playing processors add more value to their and fisheries, FAO is working with local their part in community-based production. communities and organizations to rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath promote the rehabilitation of natural of Typhoon Haiyan. Paving the way for more sustainable mangrove forests. development, FAO is working closely with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and local authorities to restore fisheries- related livelihoods to 19 000 fisher households in the regions of Eastern Visayas, Western Visayas and Northern Palawan, which will benefit some 95 000 people.

FAO and partners are training boat builders on the construction and maintenance of a newly developed hybrid wood-and-fibreglass boat, which will provide a more environmentally sustainable and cost-effective option for fishers. This is being complemented by the distribution of various inputs, FAO Representative José Luis Fernandez, EU Delegate Guy Ledoux, and BFAR Regional Director such as boat engines, fishing gear, Juan Albaladejo distribute fishing boat engines to beneficiaries in Abuyog

6 I FAO Philippines Newsletter 2015 The field visit coincided with the restored in a way that is meaningful, to diversify their livelihood, and assist ceremonial turn-over of boat sustainable and builds resilience to 1 000 seaweed farmers with materials engine kits to some 1 700 fisher- natural disasters”, said Fernandez, and technical capacity-building to beneficiaries of an EU-funded project. after thanking the support FAO restore seaweed farms. Further, 10 The provision of boat engines to the received from the European marine-protected areas are being fishers is just one of the steps leading Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and rehabilitated with BFAR’s assistance. to the rehabilitation of the fishing Civil Protection department (ECHO) of communities’ livelihoods. the EU.

“It is rewarding to see how the Stressing the importance of FAO’s fisherfolk have become more commitment to Accountability to empowered one year after Typhoon Affected Population principles, Haiyan,” the Ambassador said, hoping Fernandez emphasized that that local communities would sustain “community-based participatory the hardwork and collaboration to processes are essential to a successful ensure that Abuyog becomes a more recovery programme—they help self-reliant community. improve the appropriateness of the humanitarian response by identifying Accompanying the EU delegation were priority needs and ensuring that local Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olša, FAO capacities are taken into account.” Representative to the Philippines José Luis Fernandez and BFAR Regional In addition to the boat engines, FAO— Director Juan Albaladejo. with the support from the EU—will provide 3 000 fishers with material to “Throughout FAO’s intervention, mend or replace their lost fishing gear, emphasis is put in ensuring that 1 000 women with training in fish- A fishing family receives a boat engine kit fisheries-based livelihoods are processing, storage, and conservation

Local boat builders receive training on building the hybrid boat

World-first hybrid boat developed for Typhoon Haiyan-affected fisherfolk

Small-scale fishers whose livelihoods the support of the UK’s Department boat model is taking advantage of the were devastated by Typhoon Haiyan for International Development (DFID), opportunity to introduce more responsible will soon have access to a new hybrid has developed a new prototype which practices,” José Luis Fernandez added. boat developed jointly by FAO and the replicates the design of locally known Government’s Bureau of Fisheries and boats - bangkas - but uses fibreglass In order to foster sustainability, boat Aquatic Resources (BFAR). instead of the hardwood-kasco. In helping builders, NGO workers, local government to preserve hardwood trees and deterring technical staff and BFAR personnel will The boat will be the first to use both further illegal forestry practices. FAO has be trained in building and repairing wood and fibreglass, while maintaining further included built-in buoyancy tanks the new hybrid models. By training traditional Philippine boat designs. and other features that ensure floatability trainers, knowledge on construction and Traditionally, local boat builders use a and durability. maintenance is expected to be passed on specific type of protected hardwood tree to 3 000 boat builders and carpenters. to build the keel, or ‘kasco’. Following “The adoption and fabrication of this BFAR’s recommendations, FAO, through inexpensive hybrid fibreglass-wooden

Issue 1 I 7 Haiyan coconut-based farming early recovery

Destroyed coconut trees in Mambusao, Capiz

Community nurseries help rebuild typhoon- damaged farms in Mambusao

he province of Capiz lost most of have sustained several typhoons in the grandchildren, but when the Typhoon its coconut stands when Typhoon past, they did not foresee the extent of struck our entire rice farm was washed T Haiyan struck the Philippines, Haiyan’s destruction. away by flood.” The family also lost but through FAO assistance 40 out of their 50 coconut stands and in collaboration with the Aida and her family were farming one and their banana intercrops were Government, farmers in Mambusao hectare of rice, that also included 50 completely destroyed, forcing them to are establishing community pieces of coconut stands and some rely on relief assistance to get by. nurseries that will enable them to banana intercrops. “Our income was rehabilitate their typhoon-damaged secure enough to send our children to After receiving emergency livelihood and diseased-affected farms more school and support the needs of my support from FAO for her rice farm, efficiently.

Until recently, farmers in Mambusao had to rely on the minimal provisions of a nearby state university for seedlings. The extent of the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan made it even more difficult for them to source seedlings and resume their normal course of livelihood. Because coconut trees take an average of six to eight years to be ready for harvest, livelihood support for farmers was a paramount consideration in the aftermath of the typhoon.

Prior to Haiyan, farmers like Aida Oximas from Barangay Burias did not give much thought to the establishment of nurseries. While they Fruit tree planting is a key component of the FAO intervention in the coconut sector

8 I FAO Philippines Newsletter 2015 Aida together with other farmers, formed the Burias Community Development Extension Association. The group is organized to serve as a conduit of training support from national and local government agencies and to manage the proposed community nursery. As of now, the group is in the process of forging a usufruct agreement with the municipal government of Mambusao for the establishment of a community nursery in a vacant lot within the barangay.

“We are excited with the community nursery as it offers an opportunity for us to stock up on seedlings and help other neighbouring communities as well,” said Mansueto Lata, a farmer who lost 90 percent of his 200 coconut stands in the typhoon. “We can also Beneficiaries receive lanzones (a fruit tree), as part of the coconut-based farming systems inputs experiment on planting various vegetable seedlings and determine their potentials as intercrops for our coconut trees. We can even make coco vinegar again.”

According to FAO Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Consultant Jacquelyn Pinat, “the establishment of community nurseries sets the path to long-term recovery. Farmers now realize the need to plan ahead and make informed choices about their livelihood.” Through FAO’s support, the farmers participated in the conduct of hazard vulnerability mapping. This is an assessment tool to determine hazardous areas for planting and will help in determining ideal crops for planting, based on soil-related suitability, slopes and climate. The farmers believe that this will better help them in identifying alternative intercrops for coconut trees.

The coconut-based farming systems Demonstration activity of participants during a programme of FAO endeavours, among training on commercial vegetable production others, to establish 38 community nurseries in the affected areas in Western and Eastern Visayas. Trainings on nursery establishment, seed production management and operations and mass propagation techniques will also be provided to participating farmers’ associations and community-based organizations. With support from FAO, Capiz State University, municipal governments, Department of Agriculture and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) farmer-groups will be able to come up with a management scheme for the community-based nurseries and sustain the need to provide support to other farmers as they transfer their learning on crop propagation techniques.

As Rolly Candelario, a coconut farmer from Barangay Burias pointed out, “Now we have the means. We will be able to innovate, plant new crops and try new things that Demonstration activity using mulch more than a year ago seemed an impossible feat.”

Issue 1 I 9 Medium–long term programme

Farmers engage in agricultural-based entrepreneurship

Creating new access to markets for family farms Analyzing climate change impacts to improve food security

s the globalization of agricultural linkages to markets. The Farm Assistance Service of the DA. The systems continues, small Business Schools (FBS) therefore help training included discussions on topics A farmers tend to lose more family farms to access new markets. such as human dynamics framework, than they gain. While the market- business ideation and innovation, oriented nature of the new system With this, the “Training on Engaging sales and marketing. has presented opportunities for Smallholder Farmer-Entrepreneurs increasing profitability, small- in New Markets” was conducted Initially, the FBS was pilot tested in holder farmers and farmer to provide participants an avenue Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija where associations in developing to build knowledge, enhance skills a total of 1 389 farmers were trained countries like the Philippines have and adjust attitudes in expanding and 62 FBS conducted. Furthermore, inadequate capacities to respond to their reach to assist in linking the ATI is currently leading the cascading requirements of the market. beneficiaries of the FBS to the new of FBS in the regions with 27 regional markets. trainers and 257 facilitators trained. Building the capacities of these small holder farmers to address A recent five-day training saw 30 The FBS is a unique educational these challenges is crucial for the agricultural technicians from the local system designed to help farmers profitability of their farms and long- government units as well as staff from learn and improve their knowledge term sustainability. Like in other DAR and DA agencies participate, and skills in entrepreneurship and countries, the farm families make up including the Agricultural Training farm business management. As a most of these small-holder farms. Institute (ATI), Bureau of Agricultural consequence, FBS is helping family Research, and Agribusiness Marketing farms to access new markets. FAO, through the project “Capacity Building of Small Farmers in Entrepreneurship Development and Market Access,” is supporting the efforts of the Department Agriculture (DA) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to upgrade the capacities of farm-level extension workers to be able to help small farmers transform their farms as business enterprises with stronger Some of the products produced include different varieties of rice and homemade chili oil

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Participants in a Climate-Smart Farmer Field School evaluating good practice options

Analyzing climate change impacts to improve food security

ver the past three years, risk reduction and climate change and organic farming, among other FAO and the Department of adaptation in agriculture for planners things. O Agriculture (DA) have been and field implementers. implementing the project “Analysis To wrap up the project in November, and Mapping of Impacts under Climate-Smart Farmer Field Schools FAO and the DA conducted a national Climate Change for Adaptation and were also established as part of the conference on climate change Food Security” (AMICAF), which was project to test and evaluate good impact assessment and community- part of a comprehensive framework practice options. This included testing based adaptation in agriculture. The by FAO to address climate change Green Super Rice, Rice Duck Farming conference aimed to disseminate the impacts and adaptation planning Systems, the use of earthen jar results from the different components targeted at improving the food (burnay) for emergency food storage of the project and inform on-going security of vulnerable household and super bag for seed storage, rice and future work on inter-disciplinary groups. rationing, a crop calendar and farm climate change impacts assessments weather bulletin, diversified cropping, and livelihood adaptation. With funding from the Japanese Government, AMICAF was able to link climate change impact assessment, food insecurity vulnerability analysis and livelihood adaptation approaches.

Through the project, inter-disciplinary impact assessments (climate, crops, hydrology, and economics) were produced and good practice options were tested to better understand and address the impacts of climate change on food security at the household level and enhance the capacity of local communities to deal with current and future food insecurity in a changing climate. In addition, a training module was prepared on local level disaster Spatial interpolation training

Issue 1 I 11 Events

International Year of Millennium World Food Day Family Farming Development Goal–1 Feeding the world, caring for the earth Closes with ceremony in Manila Philippines moves closer to eradicating hunger

Every year, on 16 October, FAO has been Officials and representatives from The Philippines was one of 13 countries promoting international awareness on family farmers’ international networks, that recently won recognition from FAO and mobilizing support in eradicating cooperatives, the private sector, for outstanding progress in fighting poverty and alleviating hunger by academia and UN agencies, marked the hunger, an achievement which includes providing food security and nutrition, formal closure of the International Year reaching international targets ahead of and achieving sustainable development, of Family Farming (IYFF) in Manila by the end-of-2015 deadline. particularly in vulnerable farming and stressing how the initiative has helped fishing communities. raise awareness of the crucial role played Along with the Philippines, the countries by family farmers in fighting hunger and of Brazil, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, This year FAO Philippines celebrated poverty worldwide. the Gambia, Iran, Kiribati, Malaysia, World Food Day in a fitting ceremony Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico and organized in conjunction with the “Above all, strong political commitment Uruguay are the latest in a growing list Department of Agriculture at the Quezon in favour of family farming has risen of countries to make great strides in City Memorial Circle. at the highest level across the world, combating undernourishment. both in countries of the South and the This year’s World Food Day theme, North, throughout the IYFF,” said Marcela This includes the early achievement of ‘Feeding the world, caring for the earth’, Villarreal, Director of FAO’s Office of the Millennium Development Goal 1 was chosen to raise the profile of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity (MDG-1) hunger target—to halve the family farming and smallholder farmers Development. proportion of hungry people by 2015— that include small-scale fishers and or the more stringent 1996 World Food indigenous communities, among others. Villarreal noted how, thanks to IYFF, Summit (WFS) target of halving the many more people around the world absolute number of hungry people by Speaking at the World Food Day event, are now aware of the importance of 2015. FAO-Philippines Country Representative the sector—statistics show that family José Luis Fernandez said the day brings farms produce more than 80 percent During a ceremony at FAO headquarters, much-needed attention to the problem of the world’s food in value terms and the Organization’s Director-General, José of hunger in the world and strengthens represent collectively the largest source Graziano da Silva, awarded diplomas to international and national solidarity in of employment worldwide. government representatives of the 13 the struggle against hunger, malnutrition She was speaking at the IYFF closing countries. and poverty. event in Manila. Participants included Philippines Department of Agrarian “You have overcome major challenges Fernandez thanked the Department Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes, in difficult global economic conditions for leading the preparation of the 2014 Philippines Senate President Franklin and policy environments. You have celebrations, signifying its continuing M. Drilon, Philippines Secretary demonstrated the will and mobilized strong collaboration with FAO and for of Agriculture Proceso J. Alcala, the means,” Graziano da Silva said standing solidly with the rest of the International Steering Committee of IYFF addressing the award recipients. world in the observance of World Food Chairman Lupino Lazaro. Day 2014.

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