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Strategic Programme for Agriculture, Fisheries and Agribusiness Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SPAFAD-BARMM)

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Manila, Philippines ;

Pages 22 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Strategic Programme for Agriculture, Fisheries and Agribusiness Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (SPAFAD-BARMM) lays out the priorities for technical cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the BARMM regional government from 2020 to 2022. The BARMM, created through the enactment of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, or Republic Act No. 11054, in July 2018 replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). BARMM comprises the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi; the cities of Marawi, Lamitan and Cotabato; and the 63 barangays of North Cotabato. The overarching goal of FAO’s SPAFAD-BARMM is to uplift the well-being of the Bangsamoro people by improving their food security and nutrition, and bring about rural progress in the Bangsamoro Region through the development of resilient agriculture- and fisheries-based livelihoods and enterprises, institutionalization of risk-informed shock responsive social protection, and equitable and sustainable use and management of natural resources.

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