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Contribution to the programme of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region

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Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 20 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Category Corporate general interest

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1144en

Synopsis (short abstract) “Contribution to the programme of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC)” (OSRO/GLO/1036/KUW) was launched in April 2022 by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to the benefit of CRC member countries, namely Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates. This project, of a two-year duration and with a budget of USD 1 000 000, contribute to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Strategic Objective five, “Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises”, and more specifically to its Output 5.4.1 “Capacities of national authorities and stakeholders reinforced for emergency preparedness to reduce the impact of crises”, defined by FAO since 2019.

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FAO. 2024. Contribution to the programme of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1144en

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