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Agrodiversity and Food Security

Depletion of Agrodiversity has reduced the food basket available for the community. This had serious impacts on the food security and nutritional security of the people. With changing climate the risk of crop failures are increasing. There is urgent need to bring back agrodiversity into the ce ...

Biodiversity for a world without hunger: ABS of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

A presentation of FAO's Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on ABS and a debate on the peculiarities of GRFA.

Committee on Agriculture

Geneva, Switzerland

European Commission on Agriculture (ECA) (31st Session)

Rome

Committee on Agriculture

Newcastle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Recommendation II/7

Agenda item 3.9: Agricultural biological diversity, advisory statement

Recommendation III/4

Agenda item 6: Review of ongoing activities on agricultural biological diversity

Reference: (1999-004)
To:

Liaison Group on Agrobiodiversity, Rome, Italy, 20 to 22 September 1999

Recommendation V/9

Agricultural biological diversity: assessment of ongoing activities and priorities for a programme of work

Water Resources in Extreme Environments

30 April - 4 May 2000, Anchorage, United States of America

6th Meeting of the experts on invertebrates of the Berne Convention and workshop "Ecological corridors for invertebrates:  strategies of dispersal and recolonisation in today's agricultural and forestry landscapes"

10 - 13 May 2000, Neuchâtel,, Switzerland

IV Encuentro Nacional de Agricultural Orgánica

17 - 19 May 2000, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)

21 - 23 May 2000, Dresden, Germany

Medium Term Meeting – CGIAR in Conjunction with the Global Forum

24 - 26 May 2000, Dresden, Germany

Consultation on Agricultural Information Management

5 - 7 June 2000, Rome, Italy

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

6 - 15 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Science and Technology for Managing Plant Genetic Diversity in the 21st Century

12 - 16 June 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

WTO Committee on Agriculture

29 - 30 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

International Conference : Modelling and Control in Agriculture, Horticulture and Post-Harvest Processing

10 - 12 July 2000, Wageningen,, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

27th International Conference on Animal Genetics

22 - 26 July 2000, Minneapolis, United States of America

13th IFOAM International Scientific Conference

25 August - 2 September 2000, Basel, Switzerland

Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2nd Session)

4 - 6 September 2000, Rome, Italy

Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and WHO Expert Group on Pesticide Residues.

15 - 29 September 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

18 - 21 September 2000, Rome, Italy

1st Meeting of the Panel of Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture

26 - 28 September 2000, Rome, Italy

Committee on Agriculture

27 - 29 September 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

Raising Agricultural Productivity in the Tropics: Biophysical Challenges for Technology and Policy

16 - 17 October 2000, Cambridge, United States of America

Council for the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (STRA-CO) - Working Group on Agriculture and Environment

23 - 24 October 2000, Strasbourg, France

Fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Contact Group of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

12 - 17 November 2000, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Committee on Agriculture

15 - 17 November 2000, Geneva, Switzerland

119th Session of the Council of FAO

20 - 25 November 2000, Rome, Italy

V International Congress in Management of Natural Resources

20 - 24 November 2000, Chile

Reference: (2001-001)
To:

The Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization, is organizing a second liaison group meeting on Agricultural Biodiversity to facilitate the development and implementation of the programme of work (COP Decision V/5). The meeting will be held in Rome, Italy fr ...

Committee on Fisheries (COFI)

26 February - 2 March 2001, Rome, Italy

Fifteenth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO)

12 - 16 March 2001, Rome, Italy

European Workshop: "Analysing the interaction between agricultural practices and the sustainable use of biodiversity"

23 March 2001, Brussels, Belgium

Committee on Agriculture (COAG) - 16th Session

26 - 30 March 2001, Rome, Italy

International Training Programme on Conservation and Management of Forest Genetic Resources in Eastern Europe. Year I: Conservation, evaluation, management and sustainable use of biodiversity with emphasis on forest genetic resources

1 April 2001, Gmunden, Austria

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

23 - 27 April 2001, Rome, Italy

Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Comission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

24 - 30 June 2001, Rome, Italy

1st International Symposium on Biodiversity as a source of New Medicines

16 - 19 August 2001, Cali, Colombia

Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020

4 - 6 September 2001, Bonn, Germany

Committee on World Food Security (26th Session)

18 - 21 September 2001, Rome, Italy

Council of FAO (121st Session)

30 October - 1 November 2001, Rome, Italy

World Food Summit: Five Years Later

5 - 9 November 2001, Rome, Italy

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems

8 - 10 November 2001, Montreal, Canada

Recommendation VII/7

Agricultural biodiversity

Council of FAO (122nd Session)

14 November 2001, Rome, Italy

Panel of Experts on Forerst Genetic Resources (12th Session)

21 - 23 November 2001, Rome, Italy

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MG/va/23825 (2001-098)
To:

Informal Consultation on the impact on genetic use restriction technologies on indigenous and local communities and Farmers' Rights - Notification to Indigenous and local communities/organizations

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MG/va/23825 (2001-099)
To:

Informal Consultation on the impact on genetic use restriction technologies on indigenous and local communities and Farmers' Rights - Notification to National Focal Points

Reference: SCBD/STTM/MG/23848 (2002-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

Peer review of a document on the impact of trade liberalization on the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological diversity

International Conference on the Impacts of Agricultural Research and Development

4 - 7 February 2002, San José, Costa Rica

UNEP/CBD/AGRLG/1/RPT

Report of the Liaison Group on Agricultural Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/AGRLG/2/AGENDA

Provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/COP/3/14

Item 9.1 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Consideration of Agricultural Biological Diversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/4/6

Item 7.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Programme of Work on Agricultural Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/11

Agricultural Biological Diversity: Review of Phase I of the Programme of Work and Adoption of a Multi-Year Programme of Work

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/10

Agricultural Biological Diversity: Review of Phase I of the Programme of Work and Adoption of a Multi-Year Work Programme<br>Summaries of Case Studies

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/11

Agricultural Biological Diversity: Review of Phase I of the Programme of Work and Adoption of a Multi-Year Work Programme<br>The Ecosystem Approach

UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/12

Agricultural Biological Diversity: Review of Phase I of the Programme of Work and Adoption of a Multi-Year Work Programme<br>Plant Genetic Resources

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/2/10

Agricultural Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/3/6

Item 6 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Review of Ongoing Activities on Agricultural Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/3/INF/6

Reports from international organizations on their policies, programmes and activities on agricultural biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/11

Progress report on the implementation of programmes of work on the biological diversity of inland water ecosystems, marine and coastal biological diversity, agricultural biological diversity and the biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/5/10

Item 4.1.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Agricultural Biodiversity: Assessment of Ongoing Activities and Priorities for a Programme of Work

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/5/INF/10

Agricultural biological diversity:<br>Assessment of ongoing activities and instruments

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/9

Agricultural Biodiversity<br>Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work, including development of the International Pollinators Initiative

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/9/ADD1

Agricultural Biodiversity<br>The international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators: A proposal for a plan of action

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/7

Agricultural biological diversity<br>On-farm management of crop genetic diversity: paper submitted by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/11

Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Soil biodiversity and sustainable agriculture: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/12

Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Lessons learned from case-studies on animal genetic resources: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/13

Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>The first report on the state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/8

Thematic programmes of work - Progress reports on implementation: Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Report of the informal consultation on the potential impacts of the application of genetic use restriction technologies on indigenous and local communities and on farmers' rights

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/2

Thematic programmes of work - Progress reports on implementation: Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Assessing the impact of trade liberalization on the conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/31

Agricultural biological diversity<br>The first report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Committee on Agriculture

25 - 28 March 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

GEF Roundtable on Land, Water, and Food Security

26 March 2002, New York, United States of America

High-Level Pan-European Conference on Agriculture and Biodiversity: Towards integrating Biological and Landscape Diversity for Sustainable Agriculture in Europe

5 - 7 June 2002, Paris, France

World Food Summit: Five Years Later

10 - 13 June 2002, Rome, Italy

Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (Third Session)

13 - 21 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/39

Thematic programmes of work - Progress reports on implementation: biological diversity of inland waters; marine and coastal biological diversity; biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands; and agricultural biological diversity<br />Report of the first meeting of the ad hoc technical exper ...

Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture

20 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Committee on Agriculture

28 June 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

6th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies: New Avenues for Production, Consumption and Technology Transfer

11 - 14 July 2002, Ravello, Italy

14th IFOAM Organic World Congress 2002

21 - 24 August 2002, Victoria, Canada

Plant Genetic Resources in Agricultural & Environmental Sustainability

21 - 23 August 2002, Cambridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

High Level Panel on "Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property"

28 - 30 August 2002, Cape Town, South Africa

Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture

2 - 3 September 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Dry Areas for the Second Millennium

15 - 19 September 2002, Shijiazhuang, China

European Agriculture and Rural Development Team Meeting

23 - 25 September 2002, Bratislava, Slovakia

Ninth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

14 - 18 October 2002, Rome, Italy

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Annual General Meeting 2002

28 October - 1 November 2002, Manila, Philippines

Document

Provisional List of participants

UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/1/REV1

Thematic programmes of work - Progress reports on implementation: Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Potential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies (GURTs) on agricultural biodiversity and agricultural production systems

Conference on Ecolabels and the Greening of the Food Market

7 - 9 November 2002, Boston, United States of America

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in International Agricultural Research and Development: Strategies and Applications

10 - 14 November 2002, Manila, Philippines

Committee on Agriculture

21 November 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

Standing Committee to the Bern Convention

26 - 30 November 2002, Strasbourg, France

32nd Session of the FAO Conference

29 November - 10 December 2002, Rome, Italy