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MEETINGS and COURSES
Announcements of meetings, seminars,
workshops and training courses are made. Please send us national, regional
or international announcements for workshops, seminars and training courses
organized in your country for inclusion in the next issue.
Conferences
ISTA Forest Tree and
Shrub Seed Committee Workshop, 20-25 October 2003, Prague, Czech Republic.
The ISTA FTS and Forestry and Game Management Research Institute of the Czech
Republic have the pleasure to invite you to their workshop on Seed Testing
of Forest Tree and Shrub Seeds to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from
20-25 October 2003. The workshop is intended to deal with practical problems
related to tree seed testing of both conifer and broadleaf species. The general
aim of the workshop is to create discussion and exchange of information. Based
on input from participants the workshop will cover: (i) Purity (e.g. revision
of PSD); (ii) Germination (definition of normal seedlings, double tests);
(iii) Tetrazolium (germination versus viability); (iv) Health testing (seed-borne
fungi in germination and tetrazolium tests); and (v) Referee tests (introduction
of new systems). For more information contact the organizer: Mrs Zdenka Procházková,
Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Research Station Uherske
Hradiste #686 04 Kunovice, Czech Republic; Tel: ++420-632-549115; Fax: ++420-632-549119;
Email: prochazkova@vulhmuh.cz
Asian Seed 2003, 17-21
November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand.
For more information please contact: APSA Secretariat, 726 & 731 (7th
floor) Institute of Food Research and Product Development Building, Kasetsart
University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand; Tel: ++66-2-9405464; Fax: ++66-2-9405467;
Email:apsa@apsaseed.com
Third AFSTA Congress,
24-26 March 2004 Tunis, Tunisia.
The AFSTA congress will take place in Tunis, from 24-26 March 2004 where arrangements
are now underway. Adequate support has been secured to make this occasion
a well-attended event. For more information please contact: Mr. Raouf Ghariani,
Managing Director, Espace Vert, 22, Rue 7134 El Manar II, Tunis, Tunisia Tel:
+++216-7-333858; Fax: ++216-71-344158; E-mail: espace.vert@planet.tn
Training
Sustainable Agriculture
in an Environmental Perspective, 1September to 17 October 2003, Svalöv,
Sweden.
The contents of the program include: ecological basis of agricultural
production; plant breeding and biotechnology; planning and monitoring; agriculture
in a sustainable society; and policy instruments. The training will take place
at the headquarters of Svalöf Weibull in Svalöv, Sweden. The closing
date for application is May 5, 2003. Address for communication: Svalöf
Weibull AB, Consultancy Department, SE-268 81 Svalöv, Sweden; Tel: ++46-418-667000;
Fax: ++46-418-667109; E-mail: marie.hardfors@swseed.se