FAO e-conference on biotechnologies and water scarcity - Summary document

The summary document of the FAO e-mail conference entitled "Coping with water scarcity in developing countries: What role for ...more

FAO Biotechnology website - updates

The annotated list of on-line documents has been updated, so it now includes 180 web links to a wide range of articles, books, ...more

Codex Committee on Food Labelling - 36th Session

The 36th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) takes place from 28 April to 2 May 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Item ...more

Freshwater fish seed resources for sustainable aquaculture

As part of its Fisheries Technical Paper series, FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has just published "Assessment of ...more

FAO/IAEA Animal Production and Health Newsletter 47

The December 2007 newsletter from the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques ...more

FAO/IAEA Plant Breeding and Genetics Newsletter 20

The January 2008 newsletter from the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in ...more

Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol - 4th meeting report

The report is now available of the 4th meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which took ...more

Biosafety Protocol News - 3rd issue

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has just published the 3rd issue of its Biosafety Protocol News. This ...more

Trade-related measures of the Cartagena Protocol

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently published "Trade-related measures and Multilateral Environmental ...more

Proceedings of plant breeding symposium - Mexico 2006

On 20-25 August 2006, the International Plant Breeding Symposium was held in Mexico City, Mexico, organised, among others, by the ...more

GM food and international trade

As part of its IFPRI Discussion Papers series, the International Food Policy Research Institute has just published "Genetically ...more

GCP fellowships 2008

Every year, the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) ...more

Biotechnologies for plant conservation and use - A school play

FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division has just published "Biotechnology tools for conservation and use of plants: A ...more

Biosafety within a biosecurity framework - Consultation report

From 28 February to 3 March 2006, FAO organised an expert consultation on "Biosafety within a biosecurity framework: Contributing ...more

Edouard Saouma Award 2006-2007

At the biennial FAO Conference, the Edouard Saouma Award is given to a national or regional institution which, in the course of ...more

Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources

Adopted by 109 country delegations at the International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and ...more

Events

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International symposium on biotechnology
4 May 2008 - 8 May 2008

Organised by the Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax on behalf of the International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology an...more

Introduction to biosafety for the environmental release of GM crops: Evaluation of scientific data and risk assessment dossiers
19 May 2008 - 23 May 2008

A workshop organised by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in collaboration with the Italian Minis...more

International symposium on induced mutations in higher plants.
12 August 2008 - 14 August 2008

Organised by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, this will be the 8th in its symposium seri...more

The Strategic Framework for FAO 2000-2015

Medium Term Plan 2004-2009

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