Mobilizing science for global food security. Report of the CGIAR Panel on General Issues in Biotechnology (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) (1998)

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TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

TAG COMMENTARY ON THE REPORT OF THE CGIAR PANEL ON GENERAL ISSUES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

1. 1. Background

1. 2. Consultation

2. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE CGIAR MISSION

2.1. Biotechnology, Bioethics and Biosafety

2.2. Developments and Prospects in Genetics

2.3. The Overriding Need for a Balanced Approach

2.4. Relevant Applications of Biotechnology

2.5. The Application of Molecular Genetics to Crop Improvement

3. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FUTURE

3.1. The need for New Approaches

3.2. A New CGIAR Strategy

3.2.1. The Basic Framework

3.2.2. Global Collaboration

3.2.3. International Networks for Biotechnological Research

3.2.4. Centre Roles and Capacities

3.2.5. Administrative Implications for the CGIAR

4. CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ANNEX I

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1. Terms of Reference

2. Programme of Work

3. The Panel

ANNEX II

Salient Points from Responses to the Panel's Ten Questions

List of Those Who Responded

ANNEX III

Applications of Biotechnology Relevant to the CGIAR Mission

References

ANNEX IV

Executive Summary of Global Status of Transgenic Crops in 1997

ANNEX V

The Rockefeller Foundation's International Programme on Rice Biotechnology

ANNEX VI

Executive Summary of US National Plant Genome Initiative