Crop Monitoring for Improved Food Security Proceedings of the Expert Meeting Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 17 February 2014
Srivastava, Mukesh K. | September 2015
Abstract
This publication summarizes the outcomes of the deliberations in the meeting and presents a collection of technical papers on the subject. A comparative study of the methods presented in the book will be useful to the countries which are planning to integrate these new technologies in their statistical program.
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Srivastava, Mukesh K.. 2015. Crop Monitoring for Improved Food Security Proceedings of the Expert Meeting Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 17 February 2014. © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5146. License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
978-92-5-108678-0
Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Development
Agriculture
Agroindustry
Agricultural institutes
Agricultural development
Development models
Food Supply
Economic development
Communication in rural development
Natural resource
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