Building Biosafety Capacities FAO's experience and outlook

Building Biosafety Capacities FAO's experience and outlook

An overview of the experience gained from FAO capacity building projects in agricultural biotechnology and biosafety

Year of publication 2009

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9789251063682

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This study is the result of the in-depth review of FAO’s capacity building activities in biosafety. It provides a general presentation of FAO’s conceptual framework on biosafety – the FAO Biosecurity framework – and illustrates the portfolio of past and current biosafety projects at national, regional and global level, together with their structure, components and financing modality. This publication is expected not only to contribute to planning FAO future activities in this area, but also to provide strategic inputs to the formulation of shared biosafety capacity building strategies at the global level, in line with the Cartagena Protocol and other related international instruments.

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