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Western and Central Africa Regional Meeting Report 1. The Sub-regional Meeting to promote implementation of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in West and Central Africa was held in Cotonou, Benin from February 16 to 19, 1998. The meeting was organised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the National Institute for Agricultural Research of Benin (INRAB), and the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) - on behalf of the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), in association with the Committee of Directors for Agricultural Research in West and Central Africa (CORAF). 2. The following countries were represented: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo as well International Institutions (IITA, ICRISAT, ILRI, IPGRI and CORAF). |
