Side Event

Considering Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Negotiation and Implementation of the International Regime

Organizer
Bioversity International, System-wide Genetic Resources Programme of the CGIAR

Date and Time
13 November 2009 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 8)

Speakers will address how the International Regime can support the use of genetic resources for food and agriculture to achieve food security. Speakers: Dr. Jose Maria Sampaio, Policy Advisor, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa) - Ministry of Agriculture - Countries' dependence on 'exotic' genetic resources for food and agriculture: the case of Brazil Dr. Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network, - Food security and access and benefit sharing for food and agriculture Dr. Michael Halewood, Bioversity International, Italy - Policy implications of increased interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture as a result of climate change Dr. Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Chair, UNFAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Head, National Plant Gene Bank of Iran - Resolution 1/2009 of the 12th Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, October 19-23, 2009, concerning 'Policies and arrangements for access and benefit sharing for genetic resources for food and agriculture' - Technical studies concerning access and benefit sharing prepared for the 12th Session of the Commission