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OAS institution Detail for ORSTOM
| institutions_id: | 2082 |
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| Name: | Office of Scientific and Technical Research Overseas |
| Native Name: | Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-mer |
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| Acronym: | ORSTOM |
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| Country: | FRANCE |
| Comments: | Founded in 1944, in 1953 became "ORSTOM", Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-mer (Office of Scientific and Technical Research Overseas), then its name was changed to Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) by decree of November 5, 1998. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2020-12-04 21:38:10+00 |
| Editdate: | 2020-12-04 21:38:10+00 |