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FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) Programme Review May 2012

Year of publication 2012

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Features an update on FAO’s joint emergency response in the Sahel alongside project interventions in Liberia, South Sudan and Northern Uganda which focus on rebuilding livelihoods within troubled rural communities. Reviews FAO work in supporting farmers to access new technologies and farming methods (conservation agricultre) in Tanzania, Burkina Faso and South Africa.

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