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and a strive in the implementation process to improve on the livelihoods of the affected communities and reduce apparent manifestation of poverty and building the resilience of the people on the phenomena of climate change. The scope of the implementation process of the GGW programme covers the
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Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel project
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