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Audit of Emergency Desert Locust Response Project in Yemen

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Synopsis (short abstract) The audit identified five risks, of which four were rated as high and one as moderate. Although the project has been completed, the FAO Representation in Yemen has developed a suitable action plan to address the issues raised to the extent that they are relevant for other ongoing and future projects, and OIG will follow up on the plan’s timely implementation.

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