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In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2022

Leveraging automation in agriculture for transforming agrifood systems

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 32 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

ISBN 978-92-5-137005-6

Synopsis (short abstract) The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2022, 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. 2022. In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2022. Leveraging automation in agriculture for transforming agrifood systems. Rome, FAO. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2459en

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