Evaluation Report on FAO's Role in Food and Agriculture Policy
May 25, 2012| |
A report on the "Evaluation of FAO's role and work in food and agriculture policy" presented to the 110th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Programme Committee that took place in Rome, Italy on 7-11 May 2012 is now available online. The evaluation aimed to assess the capacity, role and comparative advantage of FAO in providing policy support to the global community in the areas of its mandate. FAO's work on biotechnology is under policy analysis.
See http://www.fao.org/bodies/pc/pc110/en/ or contact evaluation@fao.org for more information. For other documents from FAO email FAO-Biotech-News@fao.org.
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