Biotechnologies for conservation and utilization of genetic resources
The 6th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-AnGR) takes place on 24-26 November 2010 at FAO Headquarters, Rome. Item 4 on the provisional agenda is dedicated to Biotechnologies and the conservation and utilization of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture, for which FAO has prepared a working document entitled Status and trends of biotechnologies applied to the conservation and utilization of genetic resources for food and agriculture and matters relevant for their future development. See
document CGRFA/WG-AnGR-6/10/5 (in Chinese, English, Russian and Spanish, with Arabic and French to come) or contact
[email protected] to request a copy. The ITWG-AnGR is one of three intergovernmental technical working groups (the other two are dedicated to plant genetic resources and forest genetic resources) established by the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to deal with specific matters in their areas of expertise.
