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Importance of investing in agriculture in emergency contexts

Briefing note, March 2023

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) With 222 million people experiencing high acute food insecurity across 53 countries, and an alarming food security outlook for 2023, investing in agriculture in emergency contexts has never been so critical. Agriculture assistance is life-saving. It is significantly less expensive to help rural families produce food, than to provide them food. 

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FAO. 2023. Importance of investing in agriculture in emergency contexts – Briefing note, March 2023. Rome. 





https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4892en

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