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Evaluation of the project “FAO Syria Smallholder Support Programme for Agriculture Transformation”

Project code: GCP/SYR/023/EC













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FAO. 2024. Evaluation of the project “FAO Syria Smallholder Support Programme for Agriculture Transformation”. Project Evaluation Series,14/2024. Rome.



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