{"version":"1","article":{"id":"mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","slug":"mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=en","title":"Mauritania and Japan sign two grant agreements worth ¥800 million","summary":"One grant will equip agricultural and vocational institutions; the other supports food aid, small income-generating projects and strategic grain stocks.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-02","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Mauritanian News Agency (AMI)","url":"https://ami.mr/archives/269700","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mauritania-japan-800-million-yen-food-development-grants-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdallah Ould Souleymane Ould Cheikh Sidia, and Japan’s ambassador in Nouakchott, Uchida Hiroyuki, exchanged documents for two grants on October 2. The Mauritanian News Agency reported a combined value of ¥800 million, equivalent to about 203 million new ouguiyas.","A ¥400 million grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency will fund equipment, supplies and services for the national agricultural training and extension school and institutions for technical and vocational training, rural producer training, and agriculture and veterinary studies. A second ¥400 million grant from Japan’s government is for food assistance. Japanese rice will be sold in Mauritania, with proceeds directed to the Food Security Commission for strategic grain stocks, regular market supply, food-price stabilisation, food aid and small income-generating projects."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"One grant will equip agricultural and vocational institutions; the other supports food aid, small income-generating projects and strategic grain stocks.\n\nMauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdallah Ould Souleymane Ould Cheikh Sidia, and Japan’s ambassador in Nouakchott, Uchida Hiroyuki, exchanged documents for two grants on October 2. The Mauritanian News Agency reported a combined value of ¥800 million, equivalent to about 203 million new ouguiyas.\n\nA ¥400 million grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency will fund equipment, supplies and services for the national agricultural training and extension school and institutions for technical and vocational training, rural producer training, and agriculture and veterinary studies. A second ¥400 million grant from Japan’s government is for food assistance. Japanese rice will be sold in Mauritania, with proceeds directed to the Food Security Commission for strategic grain stocks, regular market supply, food-price stabilisation, food aid and small income-generating projects.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"}}}