On 21-24 June 2005, the ECOWAS (Economic Community for West African States) Ministerial Conference on Biotechnology was held in Bamako, Mali. The FAO statement at the conference, by Mr. Oloche A. Edache, the FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, is available on the web; see http://www.fao.org/world/regional/raf/about/raf_adg_bamako_june2005.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information. Main conclusions and recommendations from the conference are available at http://www.coraf.org/English/se.php (in English and French) or contact [email protected] for more information.
