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Posted 09 December 2008
GM
CROPS' SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, TO BE
DISCUSSED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
by Roberta V. Gerpacio, RDD-SEARCA
8-December-2008 SEARCA News Release
SEARCA, in collaboration with the International Service
for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI,
Washington DC), will conduct a two-day international conference
titled, “Measures of Hope and Promises Delivered:
An International Conference on Socioeconomic and Environmental
Impact Assessment of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops.”
It will be held on April 21-22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The conference aims to provide a better understanding
of the methodologies, tools, insights, and experiences
in examining the socioeconomic and environmental impacts
of adopting biotechnology applications, particularly GM
crops. It will also examine the factors that encourage
or hinder the development and diffusion of new agricultural
biotechnologies, and the institutional arrangements and/or
policy environment influencing them.
There will be five thematic sessions focusing on:
• Tools of the Trade: Methodological Tools and
Approaches
• Scanning the Horizon: Sharing of Experiences
in Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of Genetically Modified
Crops
• Going Beyond the Technology: Looking at the
Environmental and Health
• Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops
• The X-Factor: The Costs of Biosafety Regulations
• Makeovers: Integrating Results of Socioeconomic
Impact Assessment into the Decision-making Process
Policymakers, technology researchers and developers
from the private sector, and actors from the academe
and non-government organizations would be invited to
attend the event. By bringing together an international
multi-stakeholder group, it is expected that priority
areas in research, capacity building, and doable policy
options that will help strengthen public policy on agricultural
biotechnology will be identified by the end of the conference.
For more details, contact:
DR. ARNULFO G. GARCIA
Manager
Research and Development Department
SEARCA, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines
E-mail: agg@agri.searca.org
ROBERTA V. GERPACIO
Project Development Specialist
E-mail: rvg@agri.searca.org
Tel: +63 49 536-2290 loc 137/159
Fax: +63 49 536-4105
bic@searcaweb.org.
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