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FAO international technical conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries (ABDC-10).

01 - 04 March 2010


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Sessions followed by the webcast (UTC/GMT -6 hours):

01 March, Monday

9.00 - 10.45

Opening Ceremony

11.15 - 13.00

Targeting Biotechnologies to the poor

13.00

Press Conference from Guadalajara

16.45 - 18.30

Parallel Sessions: Sector-specific background documents. Crop Session.

 

02 March, Tuesday

9.00 - 9.45

Summary output of day 1

9.45 - 10.15

Investing in agricultural research and agricultural biotechnologies (IFAD)

10.15 - 10.45

Enabling R&D in agricultural biotechnologies

11.15 - 13.00

Enabling R&D in agricultural biotechnologies (continued) a) Capacity development b) Funding c) Regulation

14.30 - 18.30

Ensuring equitable access to technology, including gender issues (Oxfam International)

 

03 March, Wednesday

9.00 - 9.30

Summary output of day 2

9.30 - 10.00

Biotechnologies in international agricultural research centres (CGIAR)

10.00 - 11.00

Ensuring access to the benefits of R&D

11.30 - 12.00

Technology transfer aspects of the Multilateral System of the ITPGRFA

12.00 - 13.00

South-South collaboration

14.30 - 16.15

Generation, adaptation and adoption of appropriate biotechnologies in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Concrete actions for the near future

16.45 - 18.30

Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture (CGIAR)

 

04 March, Thursday

9.00 - 9.45

Summary output of day 3

9.45 - 10.45

Moving beyond business-as-usual: Options for developing countries

11.15 - 13.00

Moving beyond business-as-usual: Priorities for Action for the international community

14.30 - 16.15

Adoption of conference report

16.45 - 17.30

Closing Ceremony