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Field schools in the country with support of 6.6 million Euros to improve feeding

Farmers in the southern provinces of the country will receive 6.6 million euros in funding to improve food and nutrition security in field schools supported by the European Union and the United Nations.

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The FRESAN (Strengthening Resilience and Food and Nutrition Security in Angola) program component that will be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to develop Farmer Field Schools (FACS) to increase resilience, sustainable production and food and nutrition security in the South of the country, according to a communiqué of the organization.

It will last four years and have a total budget of 6.6 million euros, co-financed by the European Union with 5.5 million euros, for the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe. The aim of the project is to "strengthen nutrition-sensitive food systems and improve family farmers' resilience to climate change.

The Secretary of State for Agriculture and Livestock, João Manuel Bartolomeu da Cunha, stressed on Friday, at the presentation of the project, that "the Government of Angola and the European Union have developed the FRESAN project to support the population of southern Angola that suffers cyclically the impact of climate change in the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe.

The FAO representative in Angola, Gherda Barreto, highlighted that the implementation of the 225 schools "will increase the resilience capacity of families and contribute to the food and nutritional security of small family farmers.

The goal is to reach 7875 vulnerable small family farmers by promoting income-generating activities for women, introducing climate-smart technologies and agricultural and pastoral practices.

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