Food Security by 2050: Insights from the Agrimonde Project
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Authors: Sandrine Paillard ([email protected] ), Bruno Dorin ([email protected]),Tristan Le Cotty ([email protected]), Tevecia Ronzon ([email protected]), Sébastien Treyer ([email protected]) Sponsors: CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agriculture) Type: Foresight exercise Organizer: CIRAD, INRA Duration: 2006-2008 Budget: n/a Time Horizon: 2050 Date of Brief: Sep 2011
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تاریخ انتشار 2011