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Theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture

Technical note










Last updated 28/10/2024, see corrigendum.


FAO, IFAD and WFP. 2024. Theory of change for gender transformative programming for food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture – Technical note. Rome.



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