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Partnership for Agricultural Water Management

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) AgWA is an autonomous partnership of development partners, and international, regional and national organizations in Africa and elsewhere, who have a common interest and important capacities to support investment in Agricultural Water Management (AWM) in Africa. A core function of AgWA is its work as an “Expert Pool” to support the planning and implementation of AWM investments in the continent.

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