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Pillar 1. Drought monitoring and early warning systems

Building Forward Better Initiative - Project “Strengthening natural resources management capacities to revitalise agriculture in fragile contexts”

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher WMO ;

Product type Presentation

Edition 1

Language English

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