Hanoi to Host FAO Conference
The 31st UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) will take place in Hanoi from March 12-16, 2012 according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The event will include 44 FAO member countries in the region and observers from UN organizations, donors and other development partners, as well as inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, civil societies and business sectors. Discussions will focus on food security, rural poverty reduction, regional and global policies and legal issues concerning agriculture and the food situation in the Asia-Pacific, in addition to initiatives from the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and other budget programmes.
See the event announcement at http://english.vov.vn/Home/Hanoi-to-host-FAO-conference/20122/135239.vov
This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)
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