The Secretariat of FAO`s Working Group on Biotechnology prepared an information paper on the Working Group`s activities for the 17th biennial Session of FAO`s Committee on Agriculture (COAG), held at FAO Headquarters, Rome from 31 March to 4 April 2003. At its 15th Session in 1999, COAG made five main recommendations regarding biotechnology and this report describes progress made since then on each recommendation in bringing an interdisciplinary perspective to FAOs work on biotechnology. See http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/coag/coag17/coag17-e.htm (document COAG/2003/INF/4 - in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

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