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Global Agriculture 2020: Which Way Forward?

April 18-20, 2001
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

This international conference will evaluate current and projected demands on global agriculture, and identify opportunities and priorities in biosciences research to assist with agricultural development. The Symposium will address the direction of future agricultural development with discussions on the following topics:

- Environment and natural resources as support system for agriculture
- Impact of genomics-era research
- Priority research targets for enhanced productivity
- Advances in research, knowledge and technologies that will enable the next `quantum leap' in understanding and optimizing plant environment function
- Predicting and assessing impacts of crop introduction/changed agricultural practice
- Appropriate tech transfer mechanisms
- Global harmonization of IP, farmers' rights, trade, and regulatory frameworks
- Developing country perspectives and socioeconomic development
- Public expectations

For more information:

Contact: Lucie Andrew, Carole Morgan, Caroline Websdale

E-mail: agric.2020@bbsrc.ac.uk

Telephone: +441603 450581/450641

Website: http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/events/agric2020

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04/18/01 - Global Agriculture 2020: Which Way Forward? - John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

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