21 March 2017, Cotabato Province, Philippines - Matthew De Wit, Deputy Head of Mission for New Zealand Embassy at the FAO Climate-Smart Farmer Field School in Barangay Bagolibas, Municipality of Aleosan, Cotabato Province. The farmers were given assistance by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in partnership with the New Zealand Embassy on new farming techniques and also agricultural inputs of vegetable and rice seeds. Also in photo is Rune Raphael Ylade, Manager for New Zealand Aid and Michael Pizzari, Emergency Programme Officer for FAO-RAP. **OSRO/PHI/501/NZE: Restoring agricultural livelihoods in conflict-affected communities in Cotabato Province, Region XII, Philippines. Objectives: Restoration of agricultural livelihoods of conflict and drought-affected smallholder farmers and fisherfolk; Enhancement of sustainable farming capacities and increasing agricultural productivity to ensure household and community food security; and to increase the resiliency of farming livelihood against multiple natural and man-made hazards.**