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Brazil and FAO

Partnering to achieve food and nutrition security and to promote sustainable rural development

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) As a founding member of FAO, over the past 70 years Brazil has partnered with FAO to eradicate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition and to improve rural livelihoods. Brazil is a leading partner in FAO´s South-South Cooperation Programme and provides technical assistance in the areas of family farming, food and nutrition, school feeding programmes and the environment.

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