Introduction to the Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium on the Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition

This section of the Proceedings contains the table of contents, the Foreward, the Preface, the Acknowledgements and the Abbreviations and Acronyms list. </p> The FAO international symposium on “The role of agricultural biotechnologies in sustainable food systems and nutrition” took place from 15 to 17 February 2016 at FAO headquarters, Rome. Over 400 people attended, including 230 delegates from 75 member countries and the European Union, as well as representatives of intergovernmental organizat ions, private sector entities, civil society organizations, academia/research organizations and producer organizations/cooperatives. The symposium encompassed the crop, livestock, forestry and fishery sectors and was organized around three main themes: i) climate change; ii) sustainable food systems and nutrition; and iii) people, policies, institutions and communities. The proceedings provide the main highlights of the symposium which covered a broad range of biotechnologies, from low-tech appr oaches such as those involving use of microbial fermentation processes, biofertilizers, biopesticides and artificial insemination, to high-tech approaches such as those involving advanced DNA-based methodologies and genetically modified organisms. <p></p>Read the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5922e.pdf">full report</a></p> <p>Full report chapter by chapter:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo977e.pdf">Chapter 1. Opening plenary session</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3 /a-bo978e.pdf">Chapter 2. High-level ministerial session</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo979e.pdf">Chapter 3. Parallel sessions: Climate change</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo980e.pdf">Chapter 4. Parallel sessions: Sustainable food systems and nutrition</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo981e.pdf">Chapter 5. Parallel sessions: People, policies, institutions and communities</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo982e.pdf">Chapter 6. Student interactive session: Bringing fresh perspectives</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo983e.pdf">Chapter 7. Side events: Reports</a></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo984e.pdf">Chapter 8. Final plenary session</a></ul> For more information, visit the webpage <a target="new" href="http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/agribiotechs-symposium/en/">http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/agribiotechs-symposium/en/</a>.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ruane, J.;Dargie, J.D.;Daly, C.
Format:	Document biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FAO ; 2016
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/BO976E http://www.fao.org/3/a-bo976e.pdf
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