As part of the NEPAD-IFPRI African Policy Dialogues on Biotechnology, launched by the Science and Technology Forum of the New Partnership for Africa`s Development (NEPAD) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), two multiple stakeholder sessions have been held so far, on 25-26 April 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa and on 20-21 September 2004 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The report and "Statement of Commitments" from the 2nd session are now available on the web. See http://www.ifpri.org/africadialogue/papers.asp or contact [email protected] to request a copy of either document. A 3rd session is planned for 2005.

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