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Calendar of agriculture events

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If you know of an upcoming event that relates to agriculture and development in the Asia Pacific, please submit the details for a free listing on this site.

Plant energy and water productivity: from genes to environment


  • Date: 18 - 20 Sept 2008
  • Venue: Canberra, Australia
  • A satellite conference to ComBio 2008 assessing future strategies to develop improved plants for agriculture and bio-fuel production and to assess the performance of plants in natural environments.

    This symposium brings together a diverse group of scientists to discuss future strategies to improve crops, to produce bio-fuel and to assess plants in natural environments.


  • Resource link: http://www.csiro.au/events/CropBio2008-symp.html /

Horizons in livestock sciences conference 2008

  • Date: 28 - 30 Oct 2008
  • Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Hosted by New Zealand's AgResearch and Australia's CSIRO Livestock Industries, the conference in 2008 will provide some of the world's leading agri-business leaders and scientists with an opportunity to examine the commercial future for high-value food and fibre farm products.

    The theme of the 2008 conference is The future of agriculture - value or volume?

    Discussions will cover:
    - The current drivers of change in animal agriculture
    - Cutting edge science for the future
    - The responses of the dairy, meat and fibre sectors to recent major shifts in market demand and policy directions.

  • Resource link: http://www.csiro.au/events/Horizons2008.html
 

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