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Colombia: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Colombia is currently transitioning from the El Niño phenomenon to La Niña, which brings significant climate challenges such as heavy rainfall, floods and landslides, putting over 9.3 million people at risk. To mitigate these effects, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium contributed USD 600 000 to FAO to implement anticipatory actions to protect the livelihoods of over 6 730 vulnerable farming families as well as 15 000 livestock.

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