Integrated drought management - Drought and land management under the UNCCD drought initiative context

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Integrated drought management - Drought and land management under the UNCCD drought initiative context

Building Forward Better Initiative - Online administered training

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 5p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

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