Laos receives international aid for agricultural development

Phouthanouphet Xaysombath (left) and Ambrosio Barros display the signed agreement in Rome, Italy, on Feb 15.– Pathetlao

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Lao government last week signed an agreement on a nutrition-sensitive agriculture project to address food insecurity and malnutrition among the rural poor.

The agreement was signed in Rome, Italy, by Deputy Minister of Finance Phouthanouphet Xaysombath, representing the Lao government, and IFAD Country Director to Laos, Ambrosio Barros.