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The News items included below were posted in the e-mail newsletter FAO-BiotechNews, which was launched by FAO in 2002 and later expanded to include the French and Spanish editions (FAO-BiotechNews-Fr and FAO-BiotechNews-Esp respectively) in 2003 and the Russian edition (FAO-BiotechNews-Ru) in 2005. The e-mail list provides Updates of news and event items that are relevant to applications of biotechnology in food and agriculture in developing countries. The items' main focus is on the activities of FAO, of other United Nations agencies/bodies and of the 15 research centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. To subscribe to FAO-BiotechNews, send an e-mail message to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org leaving the subject blank and entering the one-line text message as follows:
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2009

June

Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries – Learning from the past

ABDC-10 website

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 37th session report

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

Biotechnology and biosafety in Belarus

Reports of regional consultations on plant breeding capacity

March

Socio-economic impacts of non-GM biotechnologies: Micropropagation

State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources - Translations

Risk analysis in aquaculture

EUFMD Standing Technical Committee meeting

FAO Desert Locust Control Committee - 39th Session

Spirulina culture, production and use

Codex Committee on Food Labelling – 37th Session

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 49

Commercial risks of GM products

February

Regional consultations on plant breeding capacity

Biosafety Protocol News 5

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 22

Capacity building in basic molecular biology

January

FAO publication on water scarcity and biotechnologies

Results of e-mail conference on biotechnologies and bioenergy

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 30th Session

CBD and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Distance learning course on biotechnology and intellectual property

Aquatic animal diseases

Molecular markers for tropical trees

2008

December

Launch of RSS feeds for FAO-BiotechNews

Biotechnology, biosafety and the CGIAR

Sugarcane-based bioethanol

63rd session of the UN General Assembly

OIE ad hoc groups on vaccinology and molecular diagnostics

New OECD consensus documents

October

Bioenergy and biotechnologies

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Multilingual CD-ROM

Establishing a laboratory for plant nutrient analysis

BCH online forum on capacity-building - first conference

Compliance Committee of the Cartagena Protocol - 5th meeting

Green Customs Guide - Cartagena Protocol

IFPRI Discussion Papers on GMOs

September

Codex Alimentarius Commission - 31st session report

Biosafety in Asia-Pacific countries

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 21

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 48

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - 5th Anniversary

GCP Capacity-building corner

GM vegetables in Ghana

July

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Russian translation

Pest free potato micropropagative material

Biotechnology policy documents of FAO members

Final reports of COP-MOP 4 and COP-9

UNIDO e-Biosafety courses

OECD bioeconomy project: Scenarios, business models, IPRs, regulation, ethics

bEcon bibliography

Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources

June

Global assessment of plant breeding capacity

Micropropagation for sugarcane seed production

Agricultural biotechnology network - Near East and North Africa

Consultation on jatropha development

Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information volume 30

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 36th session report

IPPC diagnostic protocols meeting report

Aarhus Convention - GMOs workshop

Advance version of COP-MOP 4 report (Cartagena Protocol)

Assessment of internationally funded biosafety and biotechnology training

OIE ad hoc Group on Biotechnology - 4th meeting report

OIE Scientific and Technical Review issue 26(3)

OECD Biotechnology Update 19

Plant breeding capacity - Cameroon, Kenya, the Philippines and Venezuela

GM bananas in Uganda

Quality Protein Maize manual

May

International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development

Bioenergy and biotechnology

FAO Biosecurity Toolkit

Biotechnology and genetic resources

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 29th session report

Use of PCR in detection of trypanosomes

Patent landscaping in the life sciences

NERICA compendium

Sustainable utilisation of animal genetic resources

Cartagena Protocol: COP-MOP 4 documents

Biotechnology and intellectual property - Distance learning course

Regional regulation of GMOs

February

FAO e-conference on biotechnologies and water scarcity - Summary document

FAO Biotechnology website - updates

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 36th Session

Freshwater fish seed resources for sustainable aquaculture

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 47

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 20

Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol - 4th meeting report

Biosafety Protocol News - 3rd issue

Trade-related measures of the Cartagena Protocol

Proceedings of plant breeding symposium - Mexico 2006

GM food and international trade

GCP fellowships 2008

2007

December

Biotechnologies for plant conservation and use - A school play

Biosafety within a biosecurity framework - Consultation report

Edouard Saouma Award 2006-2007

Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources

REDBIO 2007 news stories

Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 29th Session

Cartagena Protocol: COP-MOP/4

Cartagena Protocol: Liability and redress

November

Launch of the FAO Biotechnology website in Russian

Launch of FAO-BiotechNews-Ar

FAO Director-General's speech at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

International Year of the Potato 2008

Fighting the cassava mosaic disease

Bioenergy and agricultural biotechnologies

Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - 7th session report

State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources

Biotechnology and biosafety in West Asia and North Africa

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Vietnamese translation

GIPB website launched

Biopesticides against the Desert Locust

62nd session of the UN General Assembly

Regional workshops on risk assessment and risk management - Cartagena Protocol

World Bank background papers for the WDR 2008

OARE initiative expanded

OIE ad hoc Group on Biotechnology - 3rd meeting report

Vaccination and vaccines in animal health

Ex situ conservation of coffee genetic resources

Mexican farmers' preferences - Milpa system and GM maize

Potential impact of Bt cotton in West Africa

Presentations from GCP annual meeting

National reports on implementation of the Cartagena Protocol

World Development Report 2008

UNEP-GEF project on national biosafety frameworks

IPRs and biotechnology - WIPO seminar

Patent issues related to influenza viruses and their genes

OECD Biotechnology Update 18

July

FAO biotechnology activities and documents

Biotechnologies in animal genetic resources management

Benefits and limits of marker-assisted selection

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 46

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 19

FAO/IAEA Insect Pest Control Newsletter 69

Green revolution to gene revolution - Conference proceedings

Biosafety education and training - Meeting report

Beyond the Blue Book - Rapporteurs' report

Consensus document on plants expressing Bt-derived proteins

Marker-assisted selection in crops, livestock, forestry and fish

Launch of FAO-BiotechNews-Cn

CGRFA - Report of the 11th Regular Session

Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics - 3rd session report

Diagnostic protocol for Thrips palmi

Biosafety across the CGIAR system

Biosafety Protocol News - 2nd issue

June

Genomics and genetic resources

Transgene flow and genetic resources

Agricultural microbial genetic resources - Technical issues

Safety assessment of foods from GM animals - Meeting report

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 35th session report

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - 7th Session

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Serbian translation

Installation and operation of a bivalve hatchery

Reporting on agricultural biotechnologies

Labelling of GM foods in India

May

FAO Biotechnology Glossary on CD-ROM

Biopesticides in Desert Locust management

OIE Scientific and Technical Review

New OECD consensus documents on larches, mushrooms and sunflowers

Resistance to Fusarium diseases in wheat and barley

Biosafety and biotechnology regulations in India

April

GMOs in crop production - Environmental effects

Biotechnology and the Cartagena Protocol - Implications for cereal trade

CGRFA 11th Regular Session documents

The SPS Agreement and biosafety

Archives of e-mail conference on biotechnologies and water scarcity

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 28th session report

Early rapid diagnosis of transboundary animal diseases

ABNETA website

Manual of seed handling in genebanks

Plant breeding and biotechnology capacity in the Caucacus

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 45

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 18

Cartagena meetings reports: Liability/Redress - Compliance

WTO panel report on biotechnology: UNCTAD document

OIE ad hoc Group on Biotechnology - 2nd meeting report

GMO field trials in OECD countries

February

Two manuals on avian flu

Voluntary guidelines for the responsible management of planted forests

Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information volume 29

New book from the FAO Biotechnology Forum

FAO e-mail conference on water scarcity and agricultural biotechnologies

Safety assessment of foods derived from modern biotechnology - Workshop report

Genetic and reproductive technologies and animal genetic resources

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - Report of 6th session

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 35th Session

Reviewing existing regulatory frameworks on plant protection

Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Meeting report

JECFA Compendium of Food Additive Specifications

FAO/IAEA Insect Pest Control Newsletter 67

Two new UNEP-GEF biosafety publications

OIE Ad Hoc Group on Biotechnology

Africa Rice Congress presentations

UN General Assembly resolution on the CBD

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Meetings documents

Guide to the Aarhus Convention

OECD workshop on impacts of biotechnology

2006

December

Searchable biotechnology glossary now includes Arabic

FAO Research and Extension Portal

Plant breeding and biotechnology capacity survey: More national reports

IPRs and plant genetic resources - Spanish

Fourth session of animal genetic resources working group

Hatchery culture of bivalves

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 28th Session

The OARE initiative

OECD Biotechnology Update 17

Applied economics literature about the impact of GM crops

October

Evaluation of FAO Biotechnology PAIA - Survey results

Report of FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Biotechnology policy documents of FAO members

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - 6th Session

FAO Biotechnology Documents webpage updated

Evaluation of safety of enzymes produced by GM microorganisms

Publication on biotechnology and genetic resources

AGORA initiative expanded

Biopesticides for desert locus control

Risk assessment and regulation of transgenic insect release

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 17

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 44

First issue of Biosafety Protocol News

International trade in biotechnology products - Training module

Biosafety in plant biotechnology course

CBD report to the UN General Assembly

Risk assessment and management of GMOs in Australia

CGIAR Virtual Library

WTO panel on biotechnology disputes - Final report

Directory of biosafety organisations - BCH

UNCTAD-ICTSD documents on intellectual property rights

Safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals - Call for experts

Aquatic animal genetic improvement - Workshop proceedings

Molecular markers for allele mining - Workshop proceedings

GCP 2006 annual research meeting

July

GIPB Stakeholders Forum - Plant Breeding News

New standard on IPPC diagnostic protocols for regulated pests

Responsible use of antibiotics in aquaculture

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology - REDBIO Argentina 2005

UN-Biotech meeting report

Africa Environment Outlook 2

Biosafety Clearing House LMO Registry

UNEP-GEF project on BCH: Training course report

Special Session of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment

Functional foods: World Bank report

The Precautionary Principle and the WTO

Transgenic salmon: OECD workshop report

The impacts of AMBIONET

New WARDA website launched

June

FAO book on biotechnology and agricultural genetic resources

Publication on FAO Biotechnology Forum translated into Chinese

Regulation of GMOs - FAO e-conference summary document

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 34th session report

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 27th session report

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources - First meeting of Governing Body

Plant breeding capacity: National surveys and new global initiative (GIPB)

Biotechnology and biosafety in Ukraine

Management of elasmobranch fisheries

Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information

COP-MOP 3 and COP-8 final reports

World Bank report on IPRs and plant breeding in developing countries

UNEP-GEF Project on Development of NBFs

UNIDO South-South biosafety training network

Potential of crop biotechnology for smallholder farmers in East Africa - IFPRI publication

May

Proceedings of CABI 15th Review Conference

Plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Reports of national surveys and a regional workshop

FAO paper on seafood-borne diseases and authentication of fishery products

Information Network on Post-harvest Operations

Advance version of COP-MOP 3 decisions (Cartagena Protocol)

UN-Biotech meeting

UNCTAD study on concentration in the agricultural input industries

UNEP-GEF project on BCH: Update on activities

World Bank papers - GM cotton

OECD biotechnology statistics - 2006

OECD Biotechnology Update nr. 16

IPGRI publication on DNA banks

ILRI biotechnology research website

IFPRI discussion papers on regulation of GMOs

April

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Arabic translation

National plant breeding and biotechnology surveys

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 27th Session

Legal framework for animal genetic resources management

Manual on artificial breeding of cattle and buffalo in Asia

Conservation of animal genetic resources: Workshop report

Advance version of COP-8 decisions

WIPO database - PatentScope

WIPO-UNEP study on IPRs and benefit sharing

WHO commission report on IPRs, innovation and public health

IPGRI publication on molecular markers for genebank management

Manual of CIMMYT laboratory protocols

IFPRI brief on assessing the environmental impact of GM crops

Generation Challenge Programme: Capacity building corner

24th FAO Regional Conference for Africa

28th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

Agricultural Biotechnology Network in Africa (ABNETA)

Report of 3rd plant genetic resources working group session

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 34th Session

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 16

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 43

Book on gut microbial ecology of ruminants

FAO's avian influenza website

National biotechnology strategy - Dominican Republic

Cartagena Protocol: COP-MOP 3

Convention on Biological Diversity: COP-8

IFPRI discussion papers on regulation of GMOs

2005

December

Keynote address by FAO Director-General

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - Report of 5th session

High-level policy dialogue on biotechnology

Plant health risk analysis - Workshop documents

REDBIO national case studies - Colombia

Food barley improvement

Resolutions of the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations

UNESCO Asian Biotechnology Training Centre

Socio-economic impacts of GURTs on indigenous and local communities

Consensus documents on the biology of papaya and the oyster mushroom

Law and policy relevant to plant genetic resources - Learning module

November

FAO e-conference on biotechnology and genetic resources - Summary document

ECOWAS ministerial conference on biotechnology

From the green to gene revolution - Working paper

International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health - Biotechnology records

Unasylva - Poplars in biotechnology research

Two new FAO/IAEA animal production and health books

Expert Group on Risk Assessment - Cartagena Protocol

October

Public participation and GMOs - FAO e-conference summary document

Third session of plant genetic resources working group

Updated biosafety resources website

SADC animal genetic resources workshops

The 60th General Assembly of the United Nations

UNU-IAS biotechnology reports

New on-line publication: La yuca en el tercer milenio

September

Biotechnology in food processing - FAO e-conference summary document

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology - 5th session

FAO contribution to strengthening plant biotechnology in developing countries

Technology for Agriculture (TECA) website

FAO book on rice population improvement

FAO/IAEA Insect Pest Control Newsletter 65

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 15

ESCWA web-based forum on biotechnology

Scientific and Technical Review issue on animal biotechnology

OECD Biotechnology Update nr. 15

IFPRI discussion paper on evaluating GM crop policies

July

FAO-BiotechNews 50 and FAO-BiotechNews-Ru

Global study on biotechnology in forestry

Plant breeding and biotechnology capacity - Workshop report

E-mail conference on biotechnology and genetic resources finished

Proceedings of FAO Rice Conference

FAO book on fodder oats

Genetically improved and alien species for aquaculture in Africa

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 42

WHO study on genetically modified foods

Cartagena Protocol reports

Report of the 2nd Aarhus Convention meeting

UNEP-GEF Biosafety Newsletter 7

Proceedings of forestry biotechnology workshop

73rd General Session of the OIE

OECD - Consensus document on new varieties of alfalfa and other temperate forage legumes

Rice blast proceedings

June

Monitoring environmental effects of GM crops

Economic and socio-economic impacts of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries

Risk communication manual - GM crops

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 33rd session report

Ex situ conservation of forest genetic diversity

Developing Country Biotechnology Profiles updated

Report of COP-MOP/2

GMOs decision at the 2nd meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

Bioprospecting of genetic resources in seabed areas

OECD report on biotechnology in India

OECD biodiversity and biosafety policy brief

IFPRI/FANRPAN book - Biotechnology in Southern Africa

La Biotecnología en el Salón de Clases - CD-ROM

May

Summary of biotechnology in forestry, including genetic modification - FAO report

FAO e-mail conference on biotechnology and characterisation/conservation of genetic resources - Background document

Status of crop biotechnologies in developing countries - FAO report

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 26th session report

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 14

Documents for COP-MOP/2

UNCTAD study on GMOs and trade

Carp genetic resources for aquaculture

IFPRI discussion papers on phytoremediation

Understanding the gender dimensions of biotechnology R&D - Workshops report

Impact of IPRs on the plant breeding industry in developing countries

SBSTTA meeting - GURTs recommendation

UNCTAD-ICTSD Resource book on TRIPS and development

CGIAR guiding principles on inadvertent presence of transgenes in ex situ collections

March

FAO-BioDeC database expanded - Forestry sector

Characterisation/conservation of genetic resources - Workshop proceedings

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 33rd Session

State of the World's Forests 2005

Animal Genetic Resources Information bulletin 35

Vaccination strategies in African farmyard poultry production

Second meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Second meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

OECD Biotechnology Update nr. 14

Overview of OECD consensus documents

Proceedings of the 8th Asian Regional Maize Workshop

Generation Challenge Programme e-mail newsletter

February

FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

E-mail conference on public participation and GMOs - Messages available

Update on the AGORA initiative

Cartagena Protocol - First meeting of expert group on identification requirements of LMOs-FFP

Cartagena Protocol - Reports of recent capacity-building meetings

ECOSOC adopts science and technology resolution

NEPAD-IFPRI African Policy Dialogues on Biotechnology

Workshop on alleviating micronutrient malnutrition in Bangladesh - Biofortification

Workshop on developing resilient crops for drought-prone areas

Monitoring environmental effects of GM crops - Expert consultation

REDBIO national case studies

Assessments of food additives produced from GM microorganisms

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling - 26th Session

Animal Genetic Resources Information bulletin 34

UNEP-GEF project on BCH

UN Millennium Project task force reports

Fish biodiversity, management and utilisation

January

Capacity building in biosafety of GM crops in Asia - Benchmark document

CGRFA - Report of the 10th Regular Session

Genetic improvement of cacao - New book

Legal regime for the control of invasive alien species in Ghana

Training manual on molecular marker techniques for plants

Reference book on banana and plantain

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 41

UNEP-GEF Biosafety updates

SBSTTA-10 meeting - GURTs

New CGIAR website

2004

December

FAO e-mail conference on public participation and GMOs

FAO project on Capacity Building in Biosafety of GM Crops in Asia - 2004 activities

Investments and costs for segregating GM crops

First world conference on organic seed - report and proceedings

Protein sources for the animal feed industry - Proceedings

Assessing the quality and safety of animal feeds - New book

International trade of GMOs - UNCTAD article

Capacity-building in biotechnology - UNCTAD/UNCSTD report

Two Cartagena Protocol meeting reports - Liability/redress and Article 18 (paragraph 2)

Aarhus Convention - Working Group on GMOs meeting report

Training module on the SPS Agreement

Regional dialogue on IPRs, innovation and sustainable development

OECD - Consensus document on new varieties of barley

November

FAO Biotechnology Glossary - Spanish translation

Draft Code of Conduct on Biotechnology

FAO/UNESCO workshop on biotechnology and biosafety in the Caucasus region and Moldova

Small-scale food processing booklet

Conservation strategies for animal genetic resources

Legislation and animal genetic resources

Post-harvest operations compendium

Genebanks and molecular genetics - Expert consultation publication

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshops 2003-2004 - Synthesis report

Aarhus Convention - 4th meeting of the Working Group on GMOs

GM crops in sub-Saharan Africa - World Bank paper

UNU-INTECH policy brief on North-South partnerships

Workshop on adventitious presence of transgenes in CGIAR ex situ collections

IPGRI publication - Descriptors for genetic markers technologies

October

FAO Biotechnology Glossary translated into French

CGRFA meeting - FAO report on activities of its related priority areas for inter-disciplinary action

FAO/GCC workshop - Safety of GM food

Unasylva - GM trees

Second FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators

FAO/IAEA livestock biotechnology symposium - Final report

Biotechnology and biosafety - New SDRR website

World Bank papers - GM crops

OECD - Inventory of biotechnology statistics

IPGRI - Publication on international law and plant genetic resources

IPGRI - Online learning modules about molecular markers in biodiversity studies

African policy dialogues on biotechnology - Harare meeting

Biosafety and management of animal populations - BCH online conference

Cartagena Protocol - Liability and redress meeting

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshop report - Burkina Faso

OECD Biotechnology Update nr. 13

OECD - Consensus documents on new varieties of rice and cotton

CIMMYT - Development and use of GMOs

CIMMYT - Crops in water limited environments

August

Marker assisted selection - FAO e-conference summary document

REDBIO 2004 presentations

New Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology

E-mail conference on biotechnology in food processing finished

FAO/IAEA plant newsletter no. 13

July

Director-General Jacques Diouf outlines his views on use of biotechnology

Agricultural biotechnology research capacity - Working paper

Newcastle disease - Poultry

Biotechnology in the Indian animal feed industry

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 40

Science and technology strategies for African agriculture

Cartagena Protocol - 100 ratifications

Detection of micro-organisms

June

SOFA 2003-04

Pest risk analysis for living modified organisms (LMOs)

E-mail conference on food processing - Background document

ESA Working Papers series - 2 biotechnology papers

Codex meeting report - Labelling of GM foods

International Portal for Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health.

Abiotic stress tolerance in crops

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshop reports - Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago

Aarhus Convention - GMOs meeting report (3rd)

Promoting the application of science and technology

Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources

May

Environmental effects of GM crops - Consultation report

Legal instruments addressing GMOs

Tissue culture technology in developing countries

GM crops and biodiversity - Working paper

Codex - GMO detection

Codex - Risk analysis for food safety

Seed policies and regulations

International Rice Commission - Proceedings of 20th Session

COP-MOP 1 meeting report

COP 7 meeting report

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshop reports - Chile, Turkey

UNCTAD-ICTSD: Nutrition and technology transfer policies

Conference on Biotechnology for Asian Development

ICGEB Biosafety Unit 2003 report

April

Developing Country Biotechnology Profiles

FAO e-mail conference - Biotechnology in food processing

Plant genetic resources treaty to become law

Genetic distancing projects - Livestock breeds

Biosecurity and GM forest trees

FAO/WHO/ILSI workshop report - Detecting protein/DNA in GM foods

UNEP - Latin America and the Caribbean environment

Plant tissue culture - Spanish book

IFPRI - GM crops discussion paper

March

Biotechnology research - FAO e-conference summary document

FAO Rice Conference

FAO Documents webpage

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter

COP-MOP 1 meeting

COP 7 meeting

Patenting of wild rice gene - Mali

Millennium Development Goals

Ex situ genebanks

February

FAO/WHO meeting on GM animals - Final report

Asian Bio-Net

FAO book - Bread wheat

Codex documents - Labelling of GM foods

Artificial breeding of cattle in Africa

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter

IPRs and sustainable development

Bioprospecting - Trends and international policies

January

FAO Biotechnology News webpage

IAEA/FAO livestock biotechnology symposium

A record of negotiations of the Cartagena Protocol

Liability and redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol - Workshop report

UNEP-GEF biosafety sub-regional workshop - Shiraz, Iran

Kyoto Protocol - GM trees

IFPRI/FANRPAN meeting - Southern Africa

2003

December

Foods derived from GM animals, including fish

FAO publication on genetically modified fish

E-mail conference on marker assisted selection

FAO book on the yak

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Documents

OECD - Biotechnology statistics

November

Consumer attitudes towards GMOs

Biosafety - Central Asia and Mongolia

African biosciences facility

October

Publication on FAO Biotechnology Forum translated into Spanish

Re-printing of FAO biotechnology publications

E-mail conference on marker assisted selection - Background document

Marker assisted selection - Proceedings

Food from GM animals, including fish

Gene-based technologies - Animals

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP-GEF sub-regional workshops - Reports

Aarhus Convention - GMOs

WIPO-UPOV symposium

OECD - Biotechnology indicators

CIMMYT - Detecting transgenes

IFPRI - La política de la precaución

Biosafety training materials

AGORA initiative

XII World Forestry Congress

UNEP-GEF biosafety module

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshops

September

Biotechnology research papers

Biotechnology in forestry

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety takes effect

CBD - Cartagena Protocol

Impact of new biotechnologies

Aarhus Convention - GMOs

Analysis of food for GMOs

GM foodstuffs

Food safety and GM crops

July

Codex Alimentarius

Biotechnology in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Moldova

Forest Reproductive Material

Animal Production and Health Newsletter

UNCTAD - Policy dialogue on GMOs adoption and trade

FAO-BioDeC National Correspondents

Codex Alimentarius Commission

June

Pest risk analysis for LMOs

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP-GEF Biosafety Newsletter

UNIDO Global Biotechnology Forum: Latin America and the Caribbean

ISNAR: Biosafety project

OECD: Reports on questionnaires

Launch of FAO-BiotechNews-Esp (FAO-BiotechNews en español)

Launch of FAO-BiotechNews-Fr (FAO-BiotechNews en français)

E-mail conference on regulation of GMOs

COAG meeting report

Codex Alimentarius Commission

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Current status

Crop biotechnology - Ecuador (in Spanish)

UNCSTD - E-mail input

Diploma in Biosafety

UNIDO Global Biotechnology Forum - Africa

OECD - Accessing agricultural biotechnology in emerging economies

OECD - Consensus document on GM wheat

Codex Task Force on Biotechnology

Aquaculture biotechnology

GFAR Electronic Newsletter

UNEP-GEF biosafety workshops

Proceedings - Dissemination of GMOs

Biotechnology in West and Central Africa

Cowpea biotechnology

May

Artificial insemination in cattle: CD-ROM

Aarhus Convention: First meeting of working group on GMOs

ICGEB Biosafety Unit report

April

Focus on agricultural biotechnology

FAO e-mail conference - Regulation of GMOs

FAO-BiotechNews - 20 Updates published

Biotechnology in food and agriculture

Biosecurity in food and agriculture

Codex meeting: Food labelling

Unlocking the water potential of agriculture

SOFO 2003

Maximising the role of planted forests

Timber plantation conference - Proceedings

UNCTAD - Policy dialogue on biotechnology applications and trade

OECD Biotechnology Update

A challenge to the world's scientists

March

World Agriculture: Towards 2015/30

Presentation on biotechnology by FAO Assistant Director-General, Agriculture Department

Codex Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology

Agricultural commodity markets - GM crops

Biosafety Clearing-House

Making Global Trade Work for People

Trade in GM food

Biosafety meeting report

February

Abbreviated summary - GMOs and gene flow

Bananas - biodiversity and crop improvement

HINARI - scientific journals

Africa and sustainable development

GURTs - UPOV

Successes in African Agriculture

January

Technical Consultation on Biological Risk Management in Food and Agriculture

Shaping the future of agriculture

GURTs - Call for views

WHO - Biotechnology, human health and development

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - ratification status

Patenting genetic inventions

Biotechnology and genetic resource policies

Biotechnology and the research agenda

FAO Biotechnology website

Codex Alimentarius evaluation

UNEP/GEF workshops

WIPO intellectual property database

2002

December

Law and modern biotechnology

African aquaculture - legislation

WIPO-UPOV - plant biotechnology

November

CGRFA - meeting report

International Treaty - meeting report

Cassava genetics

Biosafety toolbox

Biotechnology and agricultural research

Genetic use restriction technologies (GURTs)

Code of Conduct on Biotechnology

Genetics and animal diseases

Global food security - Spanish

UNECE - GMOs

CGIAR - Biofortification Challenge Program

World Water and Food to 2025

Biotechnology's public good

October

IPRs and public sector biotechnology research

WHO - 20 questions on GM foods

UNIDO - BINAS News

WTO agriculture negotiations

OECD - composition of GM maize

ISNAR - biotechnology and sustainable livelihoods

FAO Director-General - GM food aid

World agriculture: towards 2015/30

Summary Document of FAO electronic conference on GMOs and gene flow

FAO priority areas for inter-disciplinary action

FAO and agricultural biotechnology

UN Statement on the use of GM foods as food aid in Southern Africa

Consultative process - Reducing hunger using agricultural science

UNECA - biotechnology policy research report

WHO Director General - GM foods

UNIDO - biosafety course

Biotechnology and the public good

September

ISNAR-FAO workshop on biosafety

GMOs and food processing in ASEAN member countries

IFPRI - biofortification

August

Biotechnology policy documents of FAO members

IPRs in plant varieties

Antibiotics as animal growth promoters

FAO Biotechnology Glossary

July

Archives of GMOs and Gene Flow conference

Declaration of the World Food Summit: five years later

UNEP - Africa Environment Outlook

ICCP meeting report

DTREE - UNIDO

UNEP/GEF biosafety newsletter

ISNAR publication on the Argentine biosafety system

ICGEB Biosafety Unit report

June

Biotechnology in rice production

Background document on GMOs and gene flow

Codex meeting – labelling of GM foods

CBD-COP6 decisions

May

FAO meeting on animal feed

UNEP-GEF biosafety module

Global Environment Outlook 3

FAO fact sheet on Biotechnology and Food Security

Talk on “The Future of Agriculture” by FAO Assistant-Director General

WHO report on genomics

ISNAR paper on biosafety

April

FAO Biotechnology Forum publication

FAO Biotechnology Glossary publication

FAO/APAARI Expert Consultation on Agricultural Biotechnology in Asia and the Pacific

CBD-COP6 documents

UNU/INTECH Agricultural Biotechnology policy brief

OECD Biotechnology Update

Application of Genetic Markers to Forest Tree Species

Codex - Important Texts regarding Foods Derived from Biotechnology

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

March

Biotechnology in the Near East region

Codex Task Force on Biotechnology Foods

Pest Risk Analysis for LMOs

Aquaculture development and management

WHO Study on Modern Food Biotechnology, Human Health and Development

February

Genomics and forest genetic diversity - FAO paper

Review of Status of Aquaculture Genetics

Report from Bangkok biotechnology conference

IPR and biotechnology - UNIDO paper

WHO and "Access to Research" initiative

Treaty on access to plant genetic resources approved

UNEP/GEF biosafety project

Biotechnology and bananas

Review of EC-supported research into safety of GMOs

OECD Biotechnology Update

Talk on biotechnology by FAO Director

Keynote address on GMOs by FAO Assistant-Director General