Сельскохозяйственные биотехнологии
Сельскохозяйственные биотехнологии в сфере сельскохозяйственных культур, лесном хозяйстве, животноводстве, рыбном хозяйстве  и агропромышленном комплексе  
 

Вопросы Новостей касаются применения биотехнологий в производстве продовольствия и ведении сельского хозяйства в развивающихся странах и их главный фокус – на деятельности ФАО, других агентств / органов ООН и 15 исследовательских центров Консультативной группы по международным сельскохозяйственным исследованиям (CGIAR). Вопросы Новостей включают все секторы по производству продовольствия и ведения сельского хозяйства (семеноводство, лесное хозяйство, рыбное хозяйство / аквакультуру, животноводство, агропромышленность) и широкий спектр биотехнологий (напр., использование молекулярных рынков, искусственного осеменения, триплоидизации, биологических удобрений, микроклонального размножения, геномики, генетической модификации, и т.д.). В бюллетень новостей включены новые документы, которые доступны также на веб-странице, но для тех, кто не может их скачать или нуждаются в дальнейшей информации, предлагаются электронные адреса для контакта. Служба новостей начала функционировать в январе 2002 года, и все статьи, вышедшие с этого времени, доступны (всего за 9 лет их было 800). Новости и события с веб-страницы также рассылаются электронным путем, в форме электронного бюллетня FAO-BiotechNews, который издается на шести различных языках: арабском, английском, французском, испанском, китайском и русском. Для подписки на этот бюллетень необходимо направить электронное письмо по адресу: [email protected], с указанием электронного адреса, на который просите отправлять и на каком языке желаете получать бюллетень.

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16/06/2003
The publication entitled "Manejo y gestión de la biotecnología agrícola apropiada para pequeños productores: estudio de caso Ecuador" has just been put on the web. This 73-page study (in Spanish) on Ecuador, considering appropriate crop biotechnology for smallholders, was prepared in October 2002 by J. Wendt and J. Izquierdo for the Fundación REDBIO Internacional with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Fundación REDBIO Internacional supports and carries out activities resulting from the Technical Cooperation Network in Plant Biotechnology (REDBIO), which is sponsored by FAO. See http://www.rlc.fao.org/prior/segalim/prodalim/prodveg/ecuador.pdf or contact FAO for more information.
15/06/2003
At its 6th session, which took place on 5-9 May 2003, the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) decided that the substantive theme and focus of its work during 2003-2004 will be "Promoting the application of science and technology to meet the Millennium Development Goals". In undertaking this theme, the CSTD will hold a panel meeting in October 2003 to examine the issues and make concrete recommendations to governments and the United Nations system. The CSTD is organising, from 15 June to 15 August 2003, four e-mail working groups to provide input into this panel meeting. The first e-mail working group focuses on the area of "Improving the policy environment for the application of science and technology to development by identifying potential risks and benefits of new and emerging technologies" (which also includes biotechnologies). Anyone can join. For further information, or to join the working group, contact [email protected].
14/06/2003
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in collaboration with the University of Concepción, Chile, is organising a Diploma in Biosafety by distance learning. The course begins in September 2003 and there are 4 weeks teaching on campus in Concepción and the remainder through distance learning. All courses are held in English. For more information, see http://binas.unido.org/UDEC_biosafety/ or contact [email protected].
13/06/2003
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) sponsored the "Global Biotechnology Forum: Africa Regional Consultative Meeting", organised with the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum, that was held on 20-23 March 2003 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was the first of four regional meetings to be held in preparation for the UNIDO Global Biotechnology Forum, to take place in Concepción, Chile in 2004. The next Regional Consultative Meeting takes place on 22-25 July 2003 in Brasilia, Brazil for the Latin America and Caribbean region. See a short news story on the meeting at http://www.unido.org/doc/11619#story2 or contact [email protected] for more information.
12/06/2003
This 112-page publication entitled "Accessing agricultural biotechnology in emerging economies", published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in May 2003, brings together two framework papers that were presented and discussed at a workshop entitled "OECD Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy: Modern Agricultural Biotechnology in Non-Member Countries", held on 18-19 November 2002 in Paris, France. The first paper, by J. Falck-Zepeda, J. Cohen and J. Komen, discusses methods to assess the impacts of modern agricultural biotechnology, The second paper, by E.J. Trigo, focuses on designing a country and policy typology for developing countries based on their capacities in the field of agricultural biotechnology. Both papers were discussed in the workshop and were revised and updated based on the discussions and written comments received from participants. See http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00041000/M00041637.pdf (559 Kb) or contact [email protected] for more information.
11/06/2003
The OECD Environmental Health and Safety Division published in May 2003 the "Consensus document on compositional considerations for new varieties of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum): Key food and feed nutrients, anti-nutrients and toxicants". It is number 7 of the Series on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds. The consensus documents contain information for use during the regulatory assessment of a particular food/feed product. This consensus document addresses compositional considerations for new varieties of wheat (derived through modern biotechnology) by identifying the key food and feed nutrients, anti-nutrients and toxicants. See http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2003doc.nsf/LinkTo/env-jm-mono(2003)7 or contact [email protected] for more information.
07/06/2003
The report of the 4th and final scheduled session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods derived from Biotechnology (held on 11-14 March 2003 in Yokohama, Japan) is now available on the web. At the session, the Task Force advanced the "Draft Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment on Foods Produced Using Recombinant-DNA Microorganisms to the 26th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC, to be held on 30 June - 7 July 2003 in Rome, Italy) for its adoption. The Task Force also had an open discussion on traceability, as well as an exchange of opinions on potential future work on the food safety assessment of foods derived from biotechnology. See report ALINORM 03/34A at www.codexalimentarius.net/reports.asp. [Additional related information: The Task Force previously agreed, at its 3rd session (held on 4-8 March 2002 in Yokohama Japan), to advance the following texts to the 26th session of the CAC for adoption: "Draft Principles for the Risk Analysis of Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology", "Draft Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants" and "Proposed Draft Annex on the Assessment of Possible Allegenicity" (an Annex of the previous guideline). These texts are included in the report of the 3rd session of the Task Force (report ALINORM 03/34), available on the same website]. Contact [email protected] for further information.
06/06/2003
The "Review of the state of world aquaculture" has just been published by FAO`s Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service. It is a revision of FAO Fisheries Circular 886 (last revised in 1997), which aims to provide policy makers, aquaculture planners and managers, producers and other stakeholders, as well as the public at large, with a comprehensive, objective and global review of aquaculture, including major development trends, issues and prospects. It includes a 16-page article by R.P. Subasinghe, D. Curry, S.E. McGladdery and D. Bartley on "Recent technological innovations in aquaculture", covering the application of different biotechnologies in aquaculture. See http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4490E/Y4490E00.HTM or contact FAO for more information.
05/06/2003
The first issue of the GFAR Electronic Newsletter for 2003 has been posted. The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) is a stakeholder-led initiative that serves as a neutral forum for the discussion of strategic issues in agricultural research for development. The seven GFAR stakeholders are: national agricultural research systems, international agricultural research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, advanced research institutes, farmers` organisations, NGOs, private sector, and donors and development agencies. The GFAR Secretariat is hosted by FAO and the GFAR Donor Support Group is chaired by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The newsletter`s objective is to disseminate information on GFAR activities, on events and meetings organised by the various stakeholders, and on important inter-stakeholder initiatives organised or facilitated in the context of GFAR. The newsletter includes an item on two meetings held in March-April 2003, organised jointly by APAARI (Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions) and the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, concerning the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology. See http://www.egfar.org/tools/may2003/mail.html or contact [email protected] for more information.
04/06/2003
A first series of sub-regional workshops, each dealing with "Risk assessment and management and public awareness and participation", has been taking place from November 2002 to May 2003 under the UNEP-GEF (United Nations Environment Programme- Global Environment Facility) Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks. Reports from the workshops held in Namibia (12-15 November 2002), Mexico (10-13 December 2002, published in Spanish as well as English), Malaysia (21-24 January 2003) and Fiji (18-22 February 2003) are already available on the web. See http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/documents.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
03/06/2003
A publication based on presentations at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Cooperative Research Programme workshop on "Ecological impact of GMO dissemination in agro-ecosystems", held on 27-28 September 2002 in Grossrussbach, Austria, is now available on the web. The 16 papers included in the 218-page proceedings, edited by T. Lelley, E. Balázs and M. Tepfer, are organised into the following five sections: genetically modified microbes, gene flow in genetically modified plants, genetically modified virus-resistant plants, Bacillus thuringiensis and, finally, general concepts. See http://www.ifa-tulln.ac.at/pdf/proceedings.pdf or contact [email protected] to request a copy by e-mail.
02/06/2003
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), one of the 16 research centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, has just published "Agrobiotechnology application in West and Central Africa (2002 survey outcome)". This 107-page document, by W.S. Alhassan, presents an in-depth study of the agricultural biotechnology capacity in seven surveyed countries - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte dIvoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal - where the strengths and weaknesses of the countries surveyed for biotechnology are presented, together with the potential for biotechnology development. A range of other topics, such as the national biosafety situation, is also discussed. See http://www.iita.org/info/Agrobiotech.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information.
01/06/2003
Proceedings of the 3rd World Cowpea Research Conference, held on 4-8 September 2000 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria, are now available. Papers in this publication, entitled "Challenges and opportunities for enhancing sustainable cowpea production", are organised into five sections: cowpea genetics and breeding, cowpea integrated pest management, cowpea contributions to farming systems/agronomic improvement of cowpea production; cowpea postharvest and socioeconomic studies and, finally, biotechnology for cowpea (contains five papers, covering topics such as genomics and genetic modification in cowpea). See http://www.iita.org/info/cowpea2.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
03/05/2003
A training package to help artificial insemination (AI) technicians to improve their performance in AI and field services to assist cattle farmers has been produced under an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) project on information and communication technology (ICT)-based training to strengthen capacity in least developed countries, with the collaboration of the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. The CD-ROM contains seven training modules, together with references, a collection of resource documents and links to websites containing further information on cattle reproduction and AI. See http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d3/public/d3_pbl_1_10.html or contact [email protected] for further information.
02/05/2003
At their first meeting (on 21-23 October 2002 in Lucca, Italy), the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (i.e. the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters) established a Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms. The task of the working group is to explore the options for a legally binding approach to further developing the application of the Convention in the field of GMOs, including through possible instruments and to develop selected options for consideration and possible decision or adoption by the Parties at their second meeting. The first meeting of the working group took place on 9-11 April 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting agenda and relevant documents (in English, French and Russian) are available at http://www.unece.org/env/pp/gmo.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
01/05/2003
The ICGEB Biosafety Unit Activity Report for the year 2002 is now available. The report provides a brief update of the activities implemented by the Biosafety Unit in the last year, as well as an outlook of possible new programmes that may involve the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in the future. See http://www.icgeb.org/biosafety/bsfbroch.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.

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