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The Government of Japan, under the Japan 's Grassroots Grant Assistance Scheme (GGA), will provide a grant aid of US$ 179,454 to “ Mandalay Division Agriculture Coordination Committee ” for provision of machinery for rehabilitation of flood-affected farms in Kyaukse and Myit Thar townships in Kyaukse District in Mandalay Division .
Kyaukse District is 25 miles south of Mandalay , the second largest city in Myanmar , in Central Dry Zone. It has a population of about 820,000 and is the food supplying district for whole Mandalay Division. The unexpected stormy rainfall in the middle of September 2006 had caused the worst flood in the District and many agricultural farms were destroyed.
In response to the disaster, the Government of Japan under the GGA Scheme will provide funding for procurement of 4 backhoes and 580 pressured sprayers for agricultural use, enabling them to speed up the rehabilitation of the affected farm lands.
The Grant Contract to this effect was signed on 23 January 2007 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Yangon, in the presence of Japanese Ambassador Mr. Nobutake Odano and Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar Major General Htay Oo, between Mr. Masashi Ogawa - Counsellor, Embassy of Japan to the Union of Myanmar, and U Aung Kyin - Chairman of “ Mandalay Division Agriculture Coordination Committee ”.
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