Overview of the programme for the FAO Regional Meeting on “Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition”

Overview of the programme for the FAO Regional Meeting on “Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition”

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-13 September 2017

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

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Meeting symbol Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition

Language English

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This document contains a brief report of the FAO Regional Meeting on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition in Asia-Pacific held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 11–13 September 2017. During the meeting FAO engaged a broad range of stakeholders from government officials and intergovernmental organizations to non-state actors, including civil society, private sector, research/academic institutions and cooperative/producer organizations in the dialogue on issues related to agricultural biotechnologies. The meeting underlined that a wide range of agricultural biotechnologies are currently being used in the region – from those that are low-tech and have been used for hundreds of years to those that are high-tech and newly developed. The meeting encompassed a wide spectrum of available biotechnologies used in forestry, crops, livestock and aquaculture/fisheries, from low- to high-tech. The meeting report emphasizes the role of agricultural biotechnologies to improve food security and nutrition and make food systems more sustainable in the Asia-Pacific region. The report provides a summary of discussions on issues concerning agricultural biotechnologies in the Asia-Pacific region, including investments; dissemination, adoption and use of biotechnologies and their social and economic impacts; regional innovation opportunities; regulation, policies and intellectual property rights; genetic resources for food and agriculture; nutrition; climate change and South-South Cooperation. It is also includes recommendations and possible follow-up actions for FAO and its member countries.