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Eating to extinction: how to tackle the 'wild meat' crisis?

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The flyer is used to advertise the SWM Programme side event in the framework of COFO 24. This programme is reported 50-50 under SO2 (Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable) and SO3 (Reduce Rural Poverty). This COFO side event will be the first time that the implementation of the SWM Programme will be publicly presented and discussed in FAO. The event will explore how the SWM Programme is innovating, collaborating and working on ways to scale-up its impact. High-level representatives from EU/DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat and SWM Programme partner organizations will discuss the work through a lively panel session. The event will also encourage ideas and questions from all the side-event attendees.

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