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English Version:
MEETINGS and COURSES
Announcements of meetings,
seminars, workshops and training courses appear in this section. 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
Asian Seed Congress 2004, 13-17 September 2004, Seoul, South Korea.
The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) will organize the congress in
collaboration with the Korean Seed Association from 13-17 September 2004 in
Seoul, Korea. The congress offers an opportunity to meet and interact with
practically key people in the global seed industry. About 500 delegates from
more than 50 countries are expected to participate. The 2004 Congress will
address the following issues: (i) FAO treaty on plant genetic resources; (ii)
PVP issues -new perspectives; (iii) Seed industry in Korea; (iv) ICRISAT and
seed industry in Asia; (v) Seed enhancement for healthy seedlings; (vi) Organic
seeds; and (vii) Forage seed for animal production in Asia. For more information
contact: APSA Secretariat, P.O. Box 1030, Kasetsart, Post Office Bangkok 10903,
Thailand; Fax: ++66-2-940-5467; E-mail: apsa@apsaseed.com;
Website: http://www.apsa.com
5th ISTA - SHC Seed Health Symposium, 10-13 May 2005, Angers,
France. The list of topics include: (i) Innovations in seed health testing;
(ii) New diseases and emerging seed borne pathogens; (iii) Methods of standardization
and evaluation of comparative tests; (iv) Seed contamination from infected
plants; (v) Chemical and physical seed treatments; (v) Seed health and the
international movement of seeds; and (vi) Quality assurance in seed health
testing. For more information contact: Véronique Binoit, GEVES-SNES,
Rue Georges Morel, BP 24, 49071 Beaucouzé, Cedex- France; Tel: ++33-2-451225803;
Fax: ++ 33-2-47225801; E-mail: veronique.binoit@geves.fr.
AFSTA Seed Congress 2005, 16-18 March 2005, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The congress will be held 16-18 March 2005 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. For
more information contact: AFSTA Secretariat, P O Box 2428 KNH, Nairobi, Kenya;
Tel; ++ 254-2-727-860; Fax: ++ 254-2-727-861; E-mail: afsta@kenyaweb.com.
Website: http://www.afsta.org
