Report of the first session of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa, Algiers, Algeria, 27-30 March 1972

Report of the first session of the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in North-West Africa, Algiers, Algeria, 27-30 March 1972

AGP-1972/M/1

Year of publication 1972

Pages 25 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Full item page

Language English

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