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Managing climate risks through social protection

Reducing rural poverty and building resilient agricultural livelihoods












FAO and Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. 2019. Managing climate risks through social protection – Reducing rural poverty and building resilient agricultural livelihoods. Rome. 



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