MOGADISHU, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Somalia and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Tuesday signed a 31.22-million-U.S.-dollar agreement to strengthen food security and build residences in rural areas.
The Rural Livelihood Resilience Program will improve the lives of rural smallholders by raising their productivity, incomes, and nutrition security sustainably. Alvaro Lario, president of IFAD, said rural development in Somalia faces numerous challenges, stemming from decades of conflict, environmental degradation, and limited infrastructure, in addition to cycles of drought and flooding.
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