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Technical aspects involved in developing a List of Crops for the Multilateral System within the Revised International Undertaking

Year of publication 1998

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department)

Product type Meeting

Category Meeting document

Edition 1

Meeting symbol CGRFA-Ex5/98/Inf.1

Language English

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