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In Brief: The State of Food and Agriculture 2019

Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 24 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2019, the In Brief contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media, policy makers and a more general public.

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​FAO. 2019. In Brief: The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction. Rome.

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