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Seed policy and programmes for the Central and Eastern European Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States and other Countries in Transition

Year of publication 2001

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 299

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251046778

Series title FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper Series

Series number 1020-0339

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication presents the Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for the Central and Eastern European Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States and other Countries in Transition, held in Budapest, Hungary from 6 to 10 March 2001. The meeting was organized and implemented by the Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary, in close collaboration with FAO's Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service. In line with the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action, the meeting recognized that one of the major challenges facing most countries in the region is the need to invest significant resources in strenghtening

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