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The Role of Agriculture in the Development of LDCs and their Integration into the World Economy

ENHANCING PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES: THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND FOOD SECURITY

Year of publication 2001

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Paper prepared for the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, 14-20 May 2001)

Language English

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