The United States will provide an assistance of $50,000 to the Mizoram Government to tide over the food crisis caused due to large-scale crop destruction by an infestation of rats during cyclical flowering of a special species of bamboo every 48 years. Stating that over 30,000 families were facing a food crisis, including 10,000 most severely, a US Consulate release here said, the US government, following the American Embassy's declaration of disaster, would provide assistance of $50,000 for food crisis victims in affected areas of Mizoram.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/us-aid-mizoram-tide-over-food-crisis
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/famine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rodents
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mizoram
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-menace