RAP PUBLICATION 2006/03

The State of
Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
2006

Table of Contents

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Photo credits:

Cover photos from top left to bottom right are courtesy of:

FAO/13504/I. De Borhegyi

FAO/17322/N. Rubery

FAO/17013/G. Bizzarri

FAO/17955/J. Y. Piel

All inside photos not on the cover are courtesy of FAO/P. Johnson.

For copies write to:

David Dawe

Senior Food Systems Economist

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road

Bangkok 10200

THAILAND

Tel: (+66) 2 697 4000

Fax: (+66) 2 697 4445

E-mail: [email protected]