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Dear Participants,

This is just to remind you all that we are now entering the third and final week of this FAO e-mail conference on "Impacts of genomics and other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" which runs from 4 to 24 March.

As described in the conference Background Document, the first sequenced genomes of domesticated animals and plants were released about 10 years ago and an ever increasing number of important species have been sequenced each year since then; the genomes of several thousand micro-organisms have now been sequenced; and the knowledge generated from genomics can be applied in several different ways. 

With this as a background, people are asked to address two main questions in this conference:

- What have been the impacts (positive and/or negative) so far of genomics and the other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries?

- What are the impacts (positive and/or negative) of genomics and other 'omics' likely to be in the near future (e.g. the next five years) for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries?

The last day for receiving messages is Sunday 24 March 2013. The final messages will be posted on Monday 25 March and the conference is then closed. 

To contribute to the conference, send your message to [log in to unmask]

A warm thanks to all of you who have contributed messages so far.

Best regards

John

John Ruane, PhD
Moderator,
E-conference on Genomics in Food and Agriculture,
FAO Working Group on Biotechnology,
E-mail address: [log in to unmask]
FAO Biotechnology Forum: http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/
FAO Biotechnology website: http://www.fao.org/biotech/ (in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian) 

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