Japan pledges new funding to FAO's emergency operations in Afghanistan
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Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families
1 February 2021, Kabul -- Japan has announced today its decision to disburse USD 122.2 million to support humanitarian and development programmes in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The new funding is part of Japan's previous commitment to provide financial assistance to Afghanistan by up to USD 180 million per year between 2021 and 2024.
Japan's assistance will be allocated to various humanitarian and development sectors, including food security, so to provide urgent and immediate support to the hardest-hit population by the COVID-19 pandemic.