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Curriculum development for plant pest management in Asia Pacific

Year of publication 2001

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 182

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document presents the proceedings of the expert consultation on curriculum development for plant pest management in Asia-Pacific countries, which was held at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 to 28 April 2000. The meeting examined and recommended ways of improving the current state of plant pest management education in regional countries and set up an Asia-Pacific working group on plant pest management curriculum development to follow up.

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