Soils Newsletter Vol. 23, No. 2, January 2001 | IAEA

ISSN 1011-2650 A Publication of the Soil and

Water Management &

Crop Nutrition Sub-Programme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and

Agriculture and FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory, Seibersdorf International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna, Austria

Vol. 23, No.2 January 2001

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C. FUTURE EVENTS ...4

D. PAST EVENTS ...11

E. STATUS OF CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECTS ...23

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