All messages from the FAO 2012 e-mail conference on "GMOs in the pipeline: Looking to the next five years in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" [This document contains all of the 109 messages that were posted during the FAO moderated e-mail conference on "GMOs in the pipeline: Looking to the next five years in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries" that took place from 5 November to 2 December 2012. The goal of the conference was to look into the near future in order to inform the debate about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the pipeline. Specifically, people were asked to address two main topics in the conference. First, what new GMOs are likely to be commercialized in developing countries within the next five years (i.e. before the end of 2017) in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors? Second, what are the likely implications of these new GMOs for developing countries? A total of 770 people subscribed themselves to the conference and, of these, 59 (i.e. 8%) submitted at least one message. Of the 109 messages that were posted, 36% came from people living in Asia; 26% from Europe; 24% from North America; 10% from Latin America and the Caribbean; and 5% from Africa. The messages came from people living in 24 different countries, the greatest number coming from India (31 messages) followed by the United States (25 messages). A total of 55 messages (i.e. 50%) were posted by people living in developing countries. A total of 30% of messages came from people working in universities; 18% from participants from non-governmental organisations; 17% from people working in research centres; 12% from people working in the private sector; 11% from people working as independent consultants and 8% from people in Governments. NB: People posting messages are assumed to be speaking on their own behalf and not on behalf of their employers (unless they indicate otherwise). The conference was hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum and was the 18th e-mail conference hosted by the Forum since it was launched in the year 2000. The Background Document to the conference is available from the website of the Forum (http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/). A Summary Document will also be prepared and made available from the Forum website. For further information on agricultural biotechnology, see http://www.fao.org/biotech/ (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).] The Messages Messages are numbered in order of their posting during the conference. The few messages without a number are from the Moderator. Subject of Messages: : Background document to the FAO e-conference on GMOs in the pipeline : Welcome to the FAO e-mail conference on GMOs in the pipeline 1: Potential GE livestock and fish 2: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 3: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 4: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 5: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 6: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 7: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish 8: Tanzania's 'pipeline GMOs' 9: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 10: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMO 11: Golden Rice 12: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish : Message from the Moderator about the focus of this conference 13: GE animals for human health applications internationally 1 14: What GM crops are in the pipeline in India? 15: Re: GE animals for human health applications internationally 16: Bt brinjal in India 17: Re: GE animals for human health applications internationally 18: Re: GE animals for human health applications internationally 19: Re: Bt brinjal in India 20: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish (& ornamental fluorescent fish) 21: Quality improved GM crops in the pipeline 22: Research on subsistence crops for marginal farmers? 23: Re: Bt brinjal in India 24: Private sector, WEMA and PPPs 25: Re: Bt Brinjal 26: Re: Bt Brinjal 27: Re: Bt Brinjal 28: Re: Bt Brinjal 29: Re: Bt Brinjal 30: Re: Bt brinjal 31: Re: Bt Brinjal 32: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish 33: Re: Bt Brinjal 34: GM crop pipeline in India 35: Re: Bt Brinjal 36: GMO pipeline in India - crops, pharma 37: Re: Bt Brinjal 38: GMOs in pipeline - Iran 39: GM livestock pipeline in China 40: Re: Bt Brinjal 41: GM fish in China 42: Re: Bt brinjal 43: AquAdvantage Salmon 44: Re: Bt brinjal 45: Re: Bt Brinjal 46: Re: Bt brinjal 47: Re: Quality improved GM crops in the pipeline 48: Genetic modification of insects for pest control 49: Regulatory pipeline for Africa - crops 50: Re: Bt Brinjal 51: Re: Bt Brinjal 52: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 53: Re: Bt Brinjal 54: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 55: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon : More than halfway through this FAO e-conference on 'GMOs in the Pipeline' 56: New GM crops for developing markets 57: Re: Bt brinjal 58: Re: Bt Brinjal 59: Re: Bt brinjal 60: Re: Bt brinjal 61: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish 62: GM crop pipeline in Pakistan 2 63: Indigenous GM crop technology for developing world 64: Re: Bt brinjal 65: Re: Bt brinjal 66: What we mean by 'GMOs in the pipeline' 67: Re: Bt brinjal 68: GM crops in India: Products in the pipeline as of 2012 69: Re: Potential GE livestock and fish 70: Bt rice in China 71: Transgenic subsistence crops in the near pipeline from the commercial sector? 72: Argentina´s GMO pipeline 73: GMO pipeline in Bangladesh 74: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 75: Re: Transgenic subsistence crops in the near pipeline from the commercial sector? 76: Little contribution about GM crop pipeline in Brazil 77: Re: Bt brinjal 78: Re: Bt brinjal : Reminder that are in last days of this FAO e-mail conference on 'GMOs in the pipeline' 79: GMOs from Iran in the next 5 years 80: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 81: Re: Transgenic subsistence crops in the near pipeline from the commercial sector? 82: GMO events in the pipeline in Brazil 83: GM trees in Brazil 84: Re: Bt brinjal 85: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 86: Re: Selection strategies used to develop new GMOs 87: Re: Bt brinjal 88: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 89: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 90: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 91: GM rubber in India 92: Economic and environmental benefits of new traits 93: Biotechnologies and new GM crops - French Ministry report 94: Significant investments and potential GM crops in developing countries 95: Re: Bt brinjal 96: Re: Bt brinjal 97: Re: Little contribution about GM crop pipeline in Brazil 98: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 99: Re: Bt brinjal 100: Re: Bt brinjal 101: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 102: Re: Bt brinjal 103: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon 104: Nutritional enhancement of cassava and grass pea 105: Re: Bt brinjal 106: GM plants being developed by Embrapa, Brazil 107: Re: Regulatory pipeline for Africa - crops 108: Likely impact of GM technologies in the pipeline 109: Re: AquAdvantage Salmon : End of FAO e-mail conference on GMOs in the pipeline 3 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:55:18 +0100 From: Biotech-Mod2 <[email protected]> Subject: Background document to the FAO e-conference on GMOs in the pipeline Dear Colleagues, Thank you for subscribing to this FAO e-mail conference on "GMOs in the pipeline: Looking to the next five years in the crop, forestry, livestock, aquaculture and agro-industry sectors in developing countries". I am now sending you the Background Document to the conference. It aims to provide information that you, as participants, will find useful for the e-mail conference. The first Section of this 9-page document provides some background to the hosting of this conference. Section 2 of the document provides an overview of GM crops, trees, livestock, fish and micro-organisms that are currently commercialized. Section 3, on the GMO pipeline, briefly discusses the research-to-commercialization pathway; the choice of a 5-year time horizon for the e-mail conference; and some GMOs that are in the pipeline in the different sectors. Section 4 presents some specific guidance about the topics that are to be discussed in the conference. Section 5 provides references of articles mentioned in the document, abbreviations and acknowledgements. The document is provided below, and is also available on the FAO website at http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap109e/ap109e00.pdf (60 KB). I particularly encourage people to read Section 4 of the document before they begin preparing a message. The conference begins on Monday 5 November. If any of your colleagues wish to subscribe, they should send an e- mail to [email protected] with the following one line in the body of the message (leave the subject line blank): subscribe biotech-room2-L firstname lastname Where firstname and lastname refer to the person's first and last name. For example, if the subscriber's name is John Smith, then the line should be: subscribe biotech-room2-L John Smith Finally, in case you do not know about it, I want to inform you that FAO also produces a free e-mail newsletter called FAO-BiotechNews. It is prepared in all six official UN languages and its main focus is on the activities of FAO (such as this e-mail conference), of other UN agencies/bodies and of the 15 CGIAR research centres. 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