The Japanese celebrity visited WFP projects in Malawi in early June seeing for herself how WFP is helping communities to build resilience to climatic shocks. Initiatives being undertaken include the creation of agricultural assets such as irrigation schemes and fish ponds. Her visit comes ahead of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in August this year which will highlight African development issues.
"Fields were completely dried up, leading to significantly reduced harvests for farmers," she said during a trip to the south of the country. "I could really see the impact of climate change. But at a WFP-supported community that we visited, vegetables were growing beautifully. This sort of thing goes a long way to improving people's food security and self-confidence."
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