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Report of Plant protection and production team at the FAO regional office for the Near East and North Africa

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 25 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Synopsis (short abstract) This is a report on activities undertaken by plant protectiona and production team in FAO RNE

Language English

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