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24-hour Global Marathon for Sustainability – Food for Earth

To celebrate United Nations International Mother Earth Day – 2020










Last updated date 09/07/2021 (chapters' title updated), see corrigendum


FAO and FFI. 2021. 24-hour Global Marathon for Sustainability – Food for Earth. Rome.




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