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Farming systems that save and grow. Factsheet 1

Sustainable Crop Production Intensification (SCPI)

Year of publication 2011

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Crop production intensification will be built on farming systems that offer a range of productivity, socio-economic and environmental benefits to producers and to society at large.

Language English

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