According to Désiré Minani, governor of the province of Ngozi, 6,000 vulnerable households will be affected by this seed and fertilizer distribution program throughout the province of Ngozi.
As for the country director of the World Bank in Burundi, Ms. Hawa Cissé Wague, she indicated that this emergency intervention linked to climate change will concern six provinces, namely Ngozi, Cibitoke, Bubanza, Bujumbura, Kirundo and Rumonge.
The World Bank was able to mobilize $35 million to support 50,000 households in 6 provinces affected by climate change at the request of the government of Burundi, following the poor harvest recorded in the 2023 growing season due to climate change, a- she continued.
This support from the World Bank is implemented by the Merankabandi productive social safety nets and employment project, in its emergency response component in the event of disasters, to purchase seeds and fertilizers and for monetary transfers to affected populations. .
To carry out this work of assistance to people affected by climate change, the Merankabandi project called on agencies of the United Nations system such as the FAO and the WFP which are used to intervening in emergency response with a objective identification.
The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Rights and Gender Pontien Hatungimana asked the population benefiting from seeds and fertilizers to make good use of them in order to make them profitable to have a good harvest.
Pontien Hatungimana urged the local administration to appropriate this support while ensuring that fertilizers and seeds are not sold.
According to Merankabandi project coordinator Michel Nyabenda, contracts with agencies specializing in emergency response have been beneficial in terms of quality and objective identification.
The beneficiaries of the Merankabandi project are delighted with the support of this social safety net support project because it came at a time when they were in extreme poverty.
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