Proceedings
Opening address: The contribution
of the life sciences to creating a world without famine,
by Philippe Busquin, European Commissioner for Research
About the conference,
by Victor de Lorenzo
| Introduction: setting the scene |
The life sciences revolution
and development, by Professor Ismail Serageldin
- The food security challenge
- The production challenge
- A 'doubly green revolution'
- Diversity, genetics, context
- Separating the issues
- New partnerships
- Conclusion
Products for sustainable
agricultural development, by Dr Florence Wambugu
- Background
- The cost of food
- Divergent views on GMOs
- Biotech opportunities
- Addressing concerns
- Consequences of the EU moratorium
- An African strategy
Harnessing genetic resources
and making use of life sciences, a New Contract for Sustainable
Agriculture, by Louise O. Fresco
- Where do we want to go?
- The molecular divide
- Life sciences and society: a new contract
- Facilitate an open dialogue on the benefits and risks
of
- biotechnology
- Direct public and private research to respond to key
challenges
- Ensuring access and benefit sharing
- To build this social contract: concrete proposals
- Conclusion
| Challenge 1: What could life
sciences do to improve the health and nutrition of the
poor without compromising food safety and the environment? |
Case study: Nutrition
and health via biocontrol and adaptation of cultural practices,
by Dr Peter Hartmann
- About IITA
- Example 1: Cassava
- Example 2: maize and peanuts
- Example 3: Cowpea
- Final comments
Open discussion on the
introductory session and challenge 1 and responses
from the speakers
| Challenge 2: How can life science
techniques improve food production and economic growth? |
Case study 1: Sharing sustainable
technologies among developing countries to improve livestock
production, by Professor Tilahun Yilma
- About ILMB
- The rinderpest story
- A new vaccine
- Features of the new vaccine
- Partners, not beggars
- Capacity building
- Recommendations for Africa
Case study 2: Role of the
life sciences in promoting economic viability in aquaculture,
by Professor Toong Jin Lam
- Larviculture
- Grow-out
- Conclusion
Open discussion on challenge
2
| Challenge 3: How
can life sciences contribute to the production of food
under marginal conditions? |
Case study: Use of biotechnology
to increase food production on acid soils, byProfessor
Luis Herrera-Estrella
- Background
- Aluminium toxicity in acid soils
- Countering aluminium toxicity
- Plants that tolerate aluminium
- Transgenic plants that tolerate manganese
- Nutrient deficiencies in acidic soils
- Solutions to phosphate deficiency
- Transgenic approach to phosphate deficiency
- Will developing countries benefit?
Open discussion on challenge
3
| Challenge 4: How can life sciences
contribute to income generation, in particular by creating
new markets in developing countries? |
Case study: The use of
sugarcane genomics to create plants for sustainable energy
production, by Dr Paulo Arruda
- Sugarcane in Brazil
- Training for improvement
- Ethanol as fuel
- Genetics can contribute
Open discussion on challenge
4
| Challenge 5: How can developing
countries become ‘actors’ in the genome revolution? |
Case study: Human and rice
genome research in China, by Professor Huan
Ming Yang
- Some history
- China and HapMap
- The Beijing Genomics Institute
- Genomics and ethics
- Conclusion
Open discussion on challenge
5
| Challenge 6: How can life sciences
contribute to reducing pesticide use? |
Case study: Management
of Bt cotton in Australia and drawing lessons on how this
should be done around the world, by Dr Jim Peacock and Dr Gary Fitt
- Saving a booming industry
- Spectacular growth to threatened existence
- Genes
- Benefits of the new technology
- Management
- Environment
- Conclusions
| Challenge 7: How can life sciences
provide added value from agrobiodiversity? |
Case study: Adding value
to environmentally ADAPTED animal genetic resources in developing
countries: the case of disease in African livestock,
by Dr Olivier Hanotte
- Background
- A livestock revolution
- Example 1: Disease resistance trait: trypanosomosis
- Biotechnology and trypanosomosis
- Example 2: Vaccine development: East Coast fever (ECF)
- Biotechnology and ECF
- Conclusion
Open discussion on challenges
6 and 7
| Lessons for policy-making |
EU development policy,
by Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development and
Humanitarian Aid
Sustainable agriculture:
lessons for a reflection on policy, by Philippe
Busquin, European Commissioner for Research
- Preliminary considerations
- The value of knowledge and research
- Strategy and Action Plan
- Our privileged instrument for research
- Scientific and technological cooperation between
the EU and developing countries
- Developing countries and the European research Area
- Final considerations and an invitation to take part
in the debate
Biotechnology for developing
country agriculture: policy lessons, by Professor
Timothy Reeves
- Policy coherence and integration
- Different perspectives
- Benefits vs. risks
- Meeting people’s needs
- Issues for future action
- Conclusions
Lessons for policy-making
– open discussion
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