SINGAPORE said on Monday it has donated 38,080 bags of fertiliser to Myanmar to help the nation recover from a deadly cyclone.
The fertilisers were handed over to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as part of Singapore's contributions to aid rebuilding efforts after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar in May.
Cyclone Nargis left an estimated 140,000 people dead or missing when it swept through the Irrawaddy delta, the key rice-growing region that bore the brunt of the storm.
'The fertiliser will be distributed, with the assistance of the FAO, to farmers in designated townships in the delta area to help them regain their livelihood in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis,' Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. -- AFP
