Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for Asia and the Pacific
2-6 May 1999 Bangkok, Thailand
The meeting was held to promote food security and sustainable agriculture by increasing the range and quality of seed available to farmers of Asia and the Pacific.

Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes in the Near East and North Africa
27 June - 2 July 1999 Larnaca, Cyprus.
The meeting was held to promote food security and sustainable agriculture by increasing the range and quality of seed available to farmers of Near East and North Africa.

Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa
23-27 November 1998 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
The meeting was held to promote food security and sustainable agriculture by increasing the range and quality of seed available to farmers of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Proceeding of the International Workshop on Seed Security for Food Security
30 November - 1 December 1997  Florence, Italy
This workshop intended to provide a forum for exploring possibilities for defining seed security policies and for elaborating strategy guidelines for prompt intervention to be addressed particularly to farming communities in disaster-prone regions.

World List of Seed Sources - Liste mondiale de sources de semences - Lista mundial de fuentes de semillas
Fourth edition, 1996 FAO Rome 623p. ISBN 92-5-003782-1.
Eight thousand addresses of private and public sector institutions dealing in seed production and processing in over 150 countries are listed, with a specification of all the crops being handled by each institution.

Seed Review 1989-90
1994 FAO Rome 543p. ISBN 92-5-103608-X
This publication contains worldwide information on seeds and seed technologies including varietal improvement and development; variety evaluation, registration and release; quality control; production; processing; storage; marketing and distribution; promotion; research and training. The information has been compiled from official FAO questionnaires sent to member countries. In total 86 countries returned the questionnaires: 27 from Africa, 20 from Asia, 12 from North and Central America, 10 from South America, 13 from Europe and 4 from Oceania.

Quality Declared Seed: Technical guidelines for standards and procedures
1993 FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 117 ISBN 92-5-103278-5. Available in English, French and Spanish.
This publication illustrates the seed quality control system developed by FAO to improve the quality of seed being offered for sale in countries where human and physical resources for quality control are limited. Guidelines are given for cereals, food legumes, oil crops, forage crops, forage legumes, industrial crops and vegetable crops.

Technical guidelines for field variety trials
1993 FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 75 ISSN 0259-2517. Available in English, French and Spanish.
This publication includes information for planning, managing and analysing field variety trials.

Abridged version of seed potato micropropagation and multiplication. A video programme with printed commentary. Produced in three versions (English, French and Spanish), this video has been developed by AGPS in collaboration with the Danish Institute of National Plant Pathology and R.A.T. George, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, UK.

For further information please contact Mr. Arturo J. Martinez, Service Chief, AGPS.