The seventh session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) will address, among other issues: implementation and monitoring of the Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA; preparation of the third report on the state of the world's PGRFA; genetic diversity and climate change; biodiversity and nutrition; application and integration of biotechnologies; and access and benefit-sharing for PGRFA.  

dates: 9-11 June 2014   location: Rome, Lazio, Italy   contact: CGRFA Secretariat   phone: +39 06 5705 4981   fax: +39 06 5705 5246   e-mail: cgrfa@fao.org   www: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core-themes/theme/seeds-pgr/itwg/7th/en/