Dear all,
The following information might interest you.
1) GMOs in the pipeline: E-conference summary
The FAO e-mail conference on "GMOs in the pipeline: Looking to the next five years in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" took place from 5 November to 2 December 2012. The 11-page summary document is now available, entitled "An FAO e-mail conference on GMOs in the pipeline in developing countries: The moderator's summary", by J. Ruane. The document provides a summary of the main issues discussed by participants during this 4-week conference based on the 109 messages that were posted. From the e-mail conference, a picture emerged of a GMO pipeline that contains a considerable quantity and variety of products, indicating that the new GMOs likely to be released in developing countries within the next five years will continue to be dominated by the crop sector, where a broad range of new crop by trait combinations are in the pipeline, but may also see increased focus on new areas such as GM fish, insects and trees. See http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/ap998e/ap998e.pdf (90 KB) or contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to request a copy. All e-mail messages posted in the conference are available at http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/biotech/docs/conf18msgs.pdf (0.9 MB).
2) Laboratory manual on GMO detection - English and Arabic
In 2008, FAO approved a two-year Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project in the Near East and North Africa region entitled "Strengthening capacities towards the establishment of a regional platform for the detection of genetically modified organisms", with Jordan, Lebanon, the Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen as the six participating countries. As part of this TCP project, an advanced training course on "Detection of genetically modified organisms and biosafety for food and agriculture" took place in Aleppo, Syria on 19-24 June 2010, jointly organized by FAO, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the General Commission for Scientific and Agricultural Research (GCSAR). In the context of this training course, a laboratory manual on GMO detection was prepared, edited by A.M. Abdul Kader et al, which is now available on the web. The first half of the 322-page publication is in English while the second half is in Arabic. See https://apps.icarda.org/wsInternet/wsInternet.asmx/DownloadFileToLocal?filePath=Tools_and_guidelines/Laboratory_manual.pdf&fileName=Laboratory_manual.pdf (10.5 MB) or contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for more information.
Regards,
Harinder Makkar
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