On 7-10 November 2005, an international workshop on "Options and strategies for the conservation of farm animal genetic resources" was held in Montpellier, France, convened by the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme in association with FAO, the French scientific community, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and hosted by Agropolis, Montpellier. The workshop consisted of 22 invited short presentations (some dealing with use of biotechnology tools, such as molecular markers or cryopreservation and reproductive technologies), short table discussions and detailed breakout group discussions. A 161-page report with the detailed output of the workshop is now available. See http://dad.fao.org/en/refer/library/reports/WS_FAnGR.pdf (1.13 MB) or contact [email protected] for more information.

22/04/2006