Resource development

  1. The CGIAR and biotechnology: can the renewal keep the promise of a research agenda
    "Since the launching of the renewal, the CGIAR has emphasized a new research agenda aimed at promoting a sustainable agriculture for food security and poverty alleviation in the developing world (LDCs). In various declarations and published materials there is constant mentions of new…
  2. International Workshop on the Ecological Impacts of Transgenic Crops (March 2-4 ,2000). Executive summary
    "Besides the widely acknowledged drawbacks of GMCs: a) the spread of transgenes to related weeds or conspecifics via crop-weed hybridization and, b)the rapid evolution of resistance of insect pests such as Lepidoptera to Bt, the workshop was concerned about the overall ecological implications…
  3. Report on the GFAR initiative on genetic resources for food and agriculture
    "[...] the GFAR-SC approved in October of 1999 the GFAR Initiative in Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GRFA), to be carried out in close consultation with IPGRI and with FAO. There is a strong rationale for the choice of a GRFA initiative at this time. Although the importance of…
  4. GFAR-2000 Conference. Workshop: Private-Public Research Partnerships in Biotechnology and Genomics, May 22, 2000, 19:00-21:00, Dresden, Germany. Summary record
    The main objectives of the workshop were as follows: (i) to develop operational principles and approaches for innovative public-private research partnerships; and (ii) to review partnership proposals on rice genomics and on impact research addressing the benefits and risks of genetically modified (…
  5. A Global initiative to exploit biotechnology and animal genetic resources for the improvement of livestock productivity through control of trypanosomosis. GFAR proposal. Genetic Resource Management and Biotechnology
    Objectives : Increase productivity of small holders agricultural systems in developing countries through integrated control of the constraint of trypanosomes for the benefit of both producers and consumers
  6. Background on proposed collaborative agenda for trait discovery in rice
    The demand for diverse genetic resources and expertise in functional genomics requires a common platform where information and genetic resources can be broadly shared to accelerate trait discovery. The key elements of this collaborative platform are: public access to sequence data, abundant genetic…
  7. Genetic resources management for food and agriculture: key issues and partnership proposals
    Content: 1) Strengthening Research and Policy Capacity in GRFA. Three concrete proposals are being presented in this first topic:a) Awareness Building Workshops. b) Lists of Regionally Important Genera for Food Security. c) Research and Policy Capacity Building. 2) Strengthening Informal Seed…
  8. Developing a common vision for the role of biotechnology in food and agriculture. New innovative research partnership
    General objectives: To assist developing countries, regional and global fora in decision making on public sector applications and priority setting in biotechnology for food and agriculture
  9. PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa/Ressources Végétales de l'Afrique Tropicale). New innovative research partnership
    Objectives : Synthesis and wide distribution of the existing but dispersed information on the estimated 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa. Activities : The PROTA partnership (scientific institutions in Africa and Europe now being identified) intends to establish an Information Base on the…
  10. Breakthrough in genetic improvement of tropical finfish through partnership between ICLARM, ASI and developing country NARS
    ICLARM (an IARC) in partnership with the Institute of Aquaculture Research, Norway (an ASI), Central Luzon State University and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippines (NARS) undertook genetic improvement of Nile tilapia and demonstrated for the first time that performance of…
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