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Jan 2024
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FAO Brief - 12 January 2024

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In this episode: FAO calls for urgent action on food insecurity in the Gaza Strip; the FAO Food Price Index follows a food commodity price drop in 2023; and a conference to address the high number of fatalities in fisheries.

Producer: Ruki Inoshita, Heriberto Araujo Presenter: Ruki Inoshita Sound: Eric Deleu Editorial supervision: Michelle Hoffman ©UNICEF/UNI457951/El Baba

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