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Concept Note and Agenda of the Terminal Workshop on Capacity Development on Diagnostic and Surveillance System of Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease Project (TCP/RAS/3619)

Bangkok, Thailand, 6-7 Aug 2019

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 4

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

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​FAO. 2019. Terminal Workshop on Capacity Development on Diagnostic and Surveillance System of Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease Project (TCP/RAS/3619). Bangkok. 4 p. CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 IGO

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