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Burkina Faso and FAO

Partnering in the fight against hunger and poverty

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Burkina Faso and FAO have partnered since the country joined the Organization in the early 1960s. The partnership was consolidated with the establishment of an FAO Representation in 1978, and has focused above all on food and nutrition security, mainly through the provision of technical advice for the development and strengthening of national policies and capacities. FAO’s cooperation with Burkina Faso also features resource mobilization for interventions aimed at reducing poverty and building resilient livelihoods

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