Announcement
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Symposia Announcement
FAO Headquarters, Rome, 14-15 November, 2006
In conjunction with the 21st Session of the FAO Inter-governmental Group on Meat and Dairy Products, experts and policy makers will discuss policy options for disease prevention and the importance of marketing and policy changes to dairy producer at the following two symposia:
Market and Trade Dimensions of Trans-Boundary Animal Disease Prevention and Control (Tuesday, 14 November 2006))
Dairy Value Chains and Comparative Marketing Systems (Wednesday, 15 November 2006)
More information will soon become available at the following web site: http://www.fao.org/es/esc/en/20953/21014/index.html
Any inquiries should be directed to: Nancy Morgan, Commodity Specialist for Meat Trade
[email protected]
Registration required
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Food Outlook is issued under the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, by collaboration among Services of the Commodities and Trade Division and other FAO units. The International Grain Council Contributes the Ocean Freight Rates section. Food Outlook provides information on latest developments in agricultural markets and sets the global and regional commodity production, utilization, trade and price context for food security, and will be published twice a year in June and December. This issue is based on information available up to 22 May 2006.
Enquiries should be directed to:
Ali Arslan Gürkan, Chief, Basic Foodstuffs Service
Commodities and Trade Division (ESC), FAO – Rome
Facsimile: +39-06-5705-4405, e-mail: [email protected]
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