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Analysis of e-agriculture survey

Year of publication 2008

Pages 8p.

Author Charlotte Masiello-Riome, Nathaniel Heller, Stephen Rudgard, Roberto Schneider

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In late 2006, an oline global survey to determine the scope and priorities for the WSIS action line on e-agriculture was conducted by an inter-agency Working Group.

Language English

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