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Cameroon and FAO

Partnering for sustainable food and nutrition security

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Cameroon joined FAO in 1960 and cooperation was further strengthened with the opening of an FAO Representation in 1978. Over the years, FAO’s assistance has comprised a wide range of interventions, including implementation of the Special Programme for Food Security and strengthening of national capacities for formulating food and agriculture-related policies and projects. Today, resilience building is major feature of cooperation, including measures for coping with recurrent floods, erratic rainfall, the influx of refugees from neighbouring countries and Boko Haram incursions.

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