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FAO Namibia Newsletter, August 2019 - Issue #2

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Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Windhoek, Namibia ;

Pages 6

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Category Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO Namibia newsletter is quarterly publication aimed at delivering informative and engaging news updates of the country office activities. Distributed electronically within FAO, the newsletter is also sent to government ministries, implementing partners, donors, policy makers and select media partners. Offering a quarterly wrap up of FAO activities in Namibia, the articles are delivered in the definiteive FAO style, accompanied by high quality pictures and offer general insight into the progress of implementing the Country Programming Framework (*CFP).

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