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Report of the Technical Meeting and Training on the Aquaculture Network for Africa (ANAF) website: Data Collection and Dissemination Tools - Jinja, Uganda 22-25 November 2011










FAO. 2013Report of the Technical meeting and training on the Aquaculture Network for Africa (ANAF)website: data collection and dissemination tools.FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1010. Rome. FAO. 58 pp.


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