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20 Dec 2023 | GRAPE

Conference on sustainable food systems in Hindu Kush

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the government of Nepal and the Green Resilient Agricultural Productive Ecosystems (GRAPE) project, recently hosted a landmark conference titled “enabling resilient and sustainable food systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya”.

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