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FAO Gambia Newsletter, July 2022 - Issue #2

Towards improving lives and livelihood in the Gambia

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Banjul, Gambia ;

Pages 5

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 2

Edition Second edition

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO Gambia country office presents the second edition of its quarterly newsletter for 2022 with stories of successes and achievements. This edition focuses on all the external engagements of the country office including training sessions in collaboration with other country offices and regional and sub-regional offices aimed at improving the capacity of the staff and major stakeholders we are supporting. All these activities have aimed to forge meaningful partnerships for better impact. The newsletter mentions important events such as the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) Workshop in Senegal and the Business Operations Strategy (2.0) Training of Trainers (ToT) held in Nairobi. On the backdrop, FAO Gambia was also able to host a delegation of farmers and agriculture officers from Liberia who visited to learn about some of the best agricultural practices in the Gambia These stories are among many others that are featured in this newsletter. Read more.

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