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2002
Syngenta Foundation elected to CGIAR membership
Foundations Basel Lecture series launched –
26 lectures
hosted in the next four years at Foundations Swiss home.
Diverse topics include agricultural innovations, bioethics,
public private partnerships, intellectual property, tropical
deforestation, access to Plant genetic resources and conservation
of biodiversity and water resources.
World Food Day, each October, honored with Foundation-sponsored
symposia. Subjects include Food
Security and Biodiversity: Sharing the Benefit of Plant genetic resources; The Evolving Role of Public Private Collaboration
in Agricultural Research; The Story
of Golden Rice; Agriculture’s
Future: Perspectives on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. |
