21 March 2017, Cotabato Province, Philippines - Matthew De Wit (far center), Deputy Head of Mission for New Zealand Embassy and Cesar Galvan (standing next), Project Manager of FAO in Cotabato together with Michael Pizzari, Emergency Programme Officer for FAO-RAP checks the sacks of fertilizers 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.**