Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.
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Choose the answer which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words.
Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D.
FAO started working in Viet Nam in 1978. Since then, FAO Viet Nam ___(43)___ technical assistance and advice to the Government, ___(44)___ has been involved in the implementation of some 400 projects in the areas of sustainable agricultural development, food security and ___(45)___ , forestry and fisheries.
Since the 1980s, FAO quickly became an important partner and the main ___(46)___ of technical assistance in the agriculture sector. One of the initial goals of the ___(47)___ was to restore development in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
During the 1990s, in ___(48)___ to the new challenges, FAO redirected its focus in Viet Nam towards offering policy advice, assisting in the formulation of policies that ___(49)___ sustainable national food security, the improvement of agricultural support services, planning and implementation of projects ___(50)___ at the rural poor.