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Cash and voucher assistance

Providing live-saving assistance to enable vulnerable families to cope with crises or shocks and promoting resilient agricultural livelihoods for the future

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 6p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Through its cash and voucher assistance programmes, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides immediate relief to vulnerable households while also helping them to protect their assets from shocks (e.g. drought, illness, conflict, poor production), overcome cash shortages, promote their livelihoods and improve their food security and nutrition.

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FAO. 2023. Cash and voucher assistance. Providing live-saving assistance to enable vulnerable families to cope with crises or shocks and promoting resilient agricultural livelihoods for the future. Rome


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