February 25, 2009
 Japan Extends Food Aid to Nepal
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The Government of Japan has agreed to extend a Grant Assistance of six hundred and fifty million yen (¥650,000,000), equivalent to five hundred forty-two million and seven hundred fifty thousand Nepalese Rupees (NRs.542,750,000), or approximately six million eight hundred and eighteen thousand US dollars (US$6,818,000), to the Government of Nepal for Food Aid (KR) in the Japan's Fiscal Year 2008.
His Excellency Mr. Tatsuo MIZUNO, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, and Mr. Rameshore Prasad Khanal, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Nepal have signed and exchanged the Notes today on behalf of their respective
Governments.
The Assistance is provided with the basic objective of enabling the Government of Nepal to procure rice and supply it to the food deficit districts, and the Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) is to distribute it through the national distribution network of the Government of Nepal.
Japan, being a development partner to Nepal, has been providing Food Aid to Nepal for the last few years. The Food Aid is one of the oldest schemes of the Government of Japan, and, as of Japan's Fiscal Year 2007, the Government of Japan has extended cumulatively its Food Aid to Nepal, which is worth 7.4 billion Japanese Yen.
HE Mr. Tatsuo MIZUNO expressed his wish that the extended food assistance shall be able to help the government of Nepal in addressing the urgent needs in the food deficit districts and in easing the difficulties of local people's daily life, thus contributing to further building of stable peace in Nepal.
HE Mr. MIZUNO also expressed his belief that the Food Aid shows the wishes of the Government of Japan and its people for further improvement of well-being of the Nepali people.
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