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On 16 th September, 2008, in Yangon , H.E. Mr. Yasuaki Nogawa , Ambassador of Japan to the Union of Myanmar, and H.E. Maj.Gen.Htay Oo, Minister for agriculture and Irrigation of the Union of Myanmar, will attend the ceremony of handing over backhoes funded by the Government of Japan under its Grassroots Grant Assistance (GGA) Scheme .
Kyaukese District, located 25 miles south of Mandalay , supplies food for the whole Mandalay Division. However, the unexpected stormy rainfall in the mid-September 2006 caused the worst flood, which largely destroyed agricultural land in the District.
In response to the disaster, the Government of Japan decided to contribute US$ 180,000 to Mandalay Division Agriculture Coordination Committee for a humanitarian assistance program entitled “ The Project for Provision of machinery for rehabilitation of flood-affected farmland in Kyaukse District in Mandalay Division ” . The Embassy of Japan and Mandal a y Division Agriculture Coordination Committee signed the Grant Contract for the project on 23 January 2007 and the fund was provided for procurement of 4 backhoes, 580 pressured sprayers and 9 power reapers for agricultural use.
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