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Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries – Learning from the past

The background document to the FAO e-mail conference entitled “Learning from the past: Successes and failures with agricultural ...more

ABDC-09 website

The FAO international technical conference on “Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries: Options and opportunities in ...more

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 37th session report

The report of the 37th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling, that took place on 4-8 May 2009 in Calgary, Canada, is ...more

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 30th session report

The report of the 30th Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling, that took place on 9-13 March 2009 in ...more

Biotechnology and biosafety in Belarus

FAO has just published a report entitled “The status of agricultural biotechnology and biosafety in Belarus”. The 33-page report ...more

Reports of regional consultations on plant breeding capacity

The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB), FAO and partners have previously carried out a ...more

Socio-economic impacts of non-GM biotechnologies: Micropropagation

FAO’s Research and Extension Division has just published “Socio-economic impacts of non-transgenic biotechnologies in developing ...more

State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources - Translations

In September 2007, FAO released "The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture", a comprehensive ...more

Risk analysis in aquaculture

As part of its Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper series, FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has just published ...more

EUFMD Standing Technical Committee meeting

The Research Group of the Standing Technical Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease ...more

FAO Desert Locust Control Committee - 39th Session

The 39th Session of the FAO Desert Locust Control Committee (DLCC) takes place on 10-13 March 2009 at FAO Headquarters, Rome. The ...more

Spirulina culture, production and use

As part of its FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular series, FAO has just published "A review on culture, production and use of ...more

Codex Committee on Food Labelling – 37th Session

The 37th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling takes place on 4-8 May 2009 in Calgary, Canada. Item nr. 6 on the ...more

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 49

The January 2009 newsletter from the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in ...more

Commercial risks of GM products

As part of its IFPRI Discussion Papers series, the International Food Policy Research Institute has just published "Biosafety ...more

Regional consultations on plant breeding capacity

The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB), FAO and partners have previously carried out a ...more

Events

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Basic molecular biology techniques for DNA technology
12 July 2009 - 18 July 2009

A theoretical and practical course organised by the Biotechnology Centre of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta on behalf of t...more

2nd World Congress of Agroforestry
23 August 2009 - 28 August 2009

Organised by the World Agroforestry Centre, and co-sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University...more

Rice breeding course: Laying the foundation for the second green revolution
1 September 2009 - 16 September 2009

A training course, organised by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), for breeders and agronomists working on variety ...more

2nd World Seed Conference
8 September 2009 - 10 September 2009

Organised by FAO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), International Union for the Protection of New...more

The 3rd International conference on integrated approaches to improve crop production under drought-prone environments (InterDrought-III)
11 October 2009 - 16 October 2009

Supported, among others, by FAO, its objective is to “serve as a platform for presenting and debating key issues and strategies re...more

Theoretical approaches and their practical applications in the risk assessment for the deliberate release of genetically modified plants
12 October 2009 - 16 October 2009

Organised by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry for En...more

The Strategic Framework for FAO 2000-2015

Medium Term Plan 2004-2009

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