CGRFA-9/02/REP





REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

 

Ninth Regular Session
Rome, 14-18 October 2002

 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002

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The documents of the Ninth Session of the
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
are to be found on the internet at http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/docs9.htm.
They may also be obtained from:
The Secretary
FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
00100 Rome, Italy
E-mail: [email protected]


The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries

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Table of contents

I. INTRODUCTION - 1

II. OPENING OF THE SESSION AND ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIRS - 2-4

III. ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - 5-16

IV. PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - 17-40

V. CONSIDERATION OF FAO’S POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES ON AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - 41-45

VI. REPORTS FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES ON AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - 46-51

VII. COOPERATION WITH THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY - 52-57

VIII. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE CODES OF CONDUCT - 58-67

IX. DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION - 68

Appendices

APPENDIX A - Agenda of the Ninth Session of the Commission

APPENDIX B - Members of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

APPENDIX C - Membership of the Inter-governmental Technical Working Groups, on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

APPENDIX D - Statement by Ms. Elzbieta Martyniuk, Chair of the Inter-governmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

APPENDIX E - Draft revised material transfer agreement for plant genetic resources held in trust by the International Agricultural Research Centres

APPENDIX F - Statement by Mr. Geoffrey Hawtin, Director General, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)

APPENDIX G - List of Organizations that presented Reports to the Ninth Regular Session of the Commission

APPENDIX H - List of Documents

APPENDIX I – ANNEXE I – ANEXO I - List of Delegates and Observers