21 March 2017, Cotabato Province, Philippines - ( Left to Right) Dr. Jaime Montesur, FAO, Aida Latip, local community partner of FAO, Cesar Galvan, Project Manager for FAO-Cotabato, Matthew De Wit, Deputy Head of Mission for New Zealand Embassy, Milagros Casis, Regional Executive Director for Department of Agriculture-Region XII, Cesar Carcosia, Municipal Agriculturist-Midsayap, Michael Pizzari, Emergency Programme Officer for FAO-RAP and Rune Raphael Ylade, Manager for New Zealand Aid at the Community Nursery, Municipality of Midsayap, Cotabato Province. The farmers in the community 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 agricultural inputs such as vegetable seeds, rice seeds, fertilizers and chickens.**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.**