Several CARICOM nations including Grenada are getting special assistance to promote food security as a result of additional financing from Italy. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), trade liberalization can harm small vulnerable economies such as the Caribbean that risk losing their traditional, protected markets and are generally ill-equipped to compete in the global market place. The project, "Promoting CARICOM/CARIFORUM Food Security," originally due to last four years, has just been extended for another three years to 2010. Italy, which provided initial funding of approximately US$5 million, has agreed to provide an additional US$3.3 million for a second phase. The countries involved are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica. Also involved are St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the Dominican Republic.