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FAO Investment Centre/EBRD Agribusiness Handbooks

Year of publication 1999

Pages 92

Author Investment Centre Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication was prepared by the FAO Investment Centre under the FAO/EBRD cooperation agreement to provide quick technical and economical reference material to EBRD’s agribusiness team in sub-sectors where they often work. Focus was given to the Bank's countries of operation in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, with indications of technical and economical performance in other regions of the world noted for comparison. The booklet is organized in separate handboo ks covering specific agribusiness sub-sectors, with information on production and processing techniques, costs and margins, world production, prices and trade trends. Data were collected from a number of official and unofficial sources and have an indicative nature.

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