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Moderated conference on GMOs in the pipeline, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum in 2012

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My name is Elisa Erazo, I am Research Associate in the Pinon (Jatropha curcas) Research Program, Juan Jose Castello Foundation, in Guayaquil - Ecuador.

I would ask José Falck Zepada (Message 49), if there is information such as that issued to Africa, but for Latin America. The information that he provides was complete and will give a broad perspective of the future in developing countries like Ecuador.

In the case of Ecuador there is a moratorium since 2007. However, it is studying the issue within government. There is an open discussion between the government and the scientific community to allow the use of GMOs and the advantages it would bring in the future. Currently there are some preliminary research projects in banana sigatoka control of government research centers.

Thank you very much for the development of this conference, I hope there are more participants from my country.

Elisa Erazo, Ing. Agr.
Research Associate
Ing. Juan José Castelló Zambrano Foundation
Guayaquil
Ecuador
e-mail: elisaerazo (at) gmail.com
+593 980917459
skype: elisaerazovillegas
web: www.elisaerazo.com

[In Message 49, José Falck-Zepeda provided a very informative Table about GM crops in the pipeline in Africa, providing information on the country, crop, trait under testing, stage and, finally, the partners. With reference to the Table, José informs me that the sources for the individual country data in that Table are Burkina Faso (source: Karembu, M. et al (2009), authors' compilation); Egypt (Karembu M. et al. (2009), authors' compilation); Kenya (Karembu M. et al. (2009), authors' compilation); Nigeria (Dore M., (2011) personal communication); South Africa (CERA (2010), authors' compilation); and Uganda (Wafula D. & Sengooba T., (2011) personal communication)...Moderator].

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