At ABDC-10, a series of regional parallel sessions were held whose scope was to address the potential role of biotechnologies for agricultural development in the different regions, namely Latin America and the Caribbean (Session D.1, organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Technical Cooperation Network on Plant Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (REDBIO) and the International REDBIO Foundation); West Asia and North Africa (D.2, Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa, AARINENA); Sub-Saharan Africa (D.3, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, FARA); Asia and the Pacific (D.4, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, APAARI); and Europe and Central Asia (D.5, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia). The summary reports of these sessions (as well as al presentations) are available at http://www.fao.org/biotech/abdc/parallel/en/ or contact [email protected] for more information.

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