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WFP Guinea-Bissau Country Director Pedro Figueiredo and Head of Sub-Office Eva Sena de Melo during the visit to one of the new sites of the Project Bas-Fonds in the eastern part of Guinea-Bissau.The Project Bas Fonds (PBF), or Lowlands Management Project, is a bilateral project between WFP and the Government of Japan that helps communities reclaim unused land in order to increase rice production in rural communities.

The delegation stands next to a well that was funded by the project to provide water for the site.

Four new sites, including this one, have been chosen for the Projet Bas-Fonds for 2012, two in the Bafata region and 2 in the Gabu region.

Augustin Yao, International Consultant for the Project Bas-Fonds and Germain Akoubia, Regional Advisor for the project brief the WFP Guinea-Bissau Country Director and other colleagues on the progress made and the objectives of their mission to Guinea-Bissau.