Aleppo, Syria
July 18, 2009
The Turkish Seed Union (Turk-TOB)
and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) on
behalf of the Turkish Seed Industry and its partners the Turkish
International Development Agency (TIKA), the Economic
Cooperation Organization (ECO), the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the
International Center for
Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) are pleased
to announce that the First ECOSA International Seed Trade
Conference (ECOSA2009) will be held from 2-4 December 2009 at
the Fame Residence Lara & SPA hotel in Antalya, Turkey.
ECOSA2009 will cover a broad range of issues of interest in the
seed trade and the global seed industry. It will provide an
opportunity to promote your business at a global level in
general and ECO region in particular and keep abreast with the
current developments in the industry.
The main focus of the first conference will be seed trade
including exploring the status and prospects of regional and
global seed industry; opportunities in the seed market in ECO
region; international seed regulations and conventions of
relevance to the ECO region; and the status and role of the
private seed sector in ECO region.
 Topics
include:
- Trends in regional and
global seed industry
- Status and prospects of
seed market in ECO Region
- International environments
of relevance to ECO region
(OECD Seed Schemes, IPRs, ISTA Accreditation,)
- Facilitating regional seed
trade (harmonizing seed regulations, national/regional seed
associations)
- Privatization of seed
sector: approach and progress
- Status and role of private
sector in ECO member countries
The ECO encompasses an area
of 800 million ha and population of 350 million people with
a rich variety of agro-climatic conditions suitable for crop
and livestock production and huge potential and
opportunities for seed market.
ECOSA2009 is organized and hosted by the Turkish Seed Union
and held under the auspices of the ECOSA in collaboration
with MARA, TIKA, ECO, FAO and ICARDA.
Information on conference website and bank account for
registration will be made available soon.
We look forward to seeing you in ECOSA2009 (Antalya, Turkey)
Zewdie Bishaw, PhD
Head,
Seed Section,
ICARDA
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Tel: +963 21 2213433
Fax: +963 21 2213490
E-mail:
z.bishaw@cgiar.org
ICARDA is one of the 15
centers supported by the CGIAR.
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Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO), is an
intergovernmental regional
organization established in 1985
by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for
the purpose of promoting
economic, technical and cultural
cooperation among the Member
States.
ECO is the successor
organization of Regional
Cooperation for Development
(RCD) which remained in
existence since 1964 up to 1979.
Current Membership:
Islamic State of Afghanistan
Azerbaijan Republic
Islamic Republic of Iran
Republic of Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Republic of Tajikistan
Republic of Turkey
Turkmenistan
Republic of Uzbekistan |
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