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Draft Agenda of the Fourth Working Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), 14-18 September 2015, Rome, Italy

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Draft Agenda

Language English

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