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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:58:24 +0100
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Dear Colleagues,

The last messages (numbers 91 to 109) have now been posted so Conference 18 of the FAO Biotechnology Forum, entitled "GMOs in the pipeline: Looking to the next five years in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries", is now officially closed.

FAO established this Biotechnology Forum in order to provide quality balanced information on agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries and to make a neutral platform available for people to exchange views and experiences on this subject. We hope that you found this conference interesting, constructive and beneficial.

The Background Document to the conference is available on the web (at http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap109e/ap109e00.pdf - 60 KB) and all of the messages posted during the conference are available on the web, at the searchable website: 
https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=Biotech-Room2-L . To see the messages from November sorted by date (latest on top), see: 
https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1211&L=Biotech-Room2-L&O=D&H=0&D=1&T=1 . To see the messages from December sorted by date (latest on top), see:  
https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1212&L=Biotech-Room2-L&O=D&H=0&D=1&T=1

For your interest, we can provide some figures about participation in the conference. It ran for 5 November to 2 December 2012. A total of 770 people subscribed themselves to the conference and, of these, 59 (i.e. 8%) submitted at least one message. Of the 109 messages that were posted, 36% came from people living in Asia; 26% from Europe; 24% from North America; 10% from Latin America and the Caribbean; and 5% from Africa. The messages came from people living in 24 different countries, the greatest number coming from India (31 messages) followed by the United States (25 messages). A total of 55 messages (i.e. 50%) were posted by people living in developing countries. A total of 30% of messages came from people working in universities; 18% from participants from non-governmental organisations; 17% from people working in research centres; 12% from people working in the private sector; 11% from people working as independent consultants and 8% from people in Governments.

Finally, and most importantly, I wish again to personally thank all of you who participated actively in this conference, dedicating your time and effort to sharing your knowledge, ideas, experiences and viewpoints with the conference.

With best wishes

John

John Ruane, PhD
Forum Administrator
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
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