21 March 2017, Cotabato Province, Philippines - Atty. Ranibai Dilangalen, Undersecretary for Special Concerns for the Department of Agriculture speaks during a program 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. (In photo seated from left to right): Cesar Carcosia, Municipal Agriculturist-Midsayap; Albert Luis Garduque, Vice-Mayor-Midsayap; Rune Raphael Ylade, Manager-New Zealand Aid; Michael Pizzari, Emergency Programme Officer for FAO-RAP; Romeo Arana, Mayor-Midsayap; Matthew De Wit, Deputy Head of Mission for New Zealand Embassy and Engr. Milagros Casis Regional Executive Director for the Department of Agriculture-Region XII.**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.**