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Making Households and Communities more resilient in the Sahel and Horn of Africa

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Recurrent crises have eroded the coping capacities of subsistence farming populations and weakened livelihoods in both the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. With the majority of the population dependent upon farming and pastoral activities, it was imperative to adopt a unified approach, while also addressing issues specific to each area in order to tackle food insecurity and build community and household resilience.

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