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Strengthening Water and Land Information Management in Somalia - GCP/SOM/050/MUL

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) More than two decades of civil unrest in Somalia has led to the loss or damage of crucial information related to land and water resources from the last half century. In response, the FAO Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) programme was established in 2003 to build a large set of high quality datasets, based on geographic, structured and up-to-date observations and measurements. Technically managed by FAO, SWALIM assisted Somali communities by providing high quality water and land information to improve relief, rehabilitation and development initiatives in Somalia and better manage water and land resources.

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