Annual General Meeting 2008
Maputo, Mozambique : December 1- 5, 2008

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM08) in Maputo, Mozambique, from December 1 to 5, 2008. AGM08 will bring together over 700 of the world’s leading food and environmental scientists and civil society to strengthen and expand partnerships that stimulate economic growth in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Through dialogue and the sharing of experiences, participants will explore how agricultural research, science and technology, and food policy initiatives can better improve the lives and livelihoods of poor people, and launch new initiatives that bring the benefits of modern science quicker and faster to poor farmers.

Recent AGMs were held in China, Washington, Morocco, Mexico, Kenya and the Philippines. The meeting and associated events will offer excellent opportunities to interact with world-class scientists and to learn how new knowledge – developed and applied within a public goods framework – is reducing poverty, hunger and environmental degradation.

At the invitation of the Minister of Science and Technology, Mozambique, the CGIAR AGM08 will be held in Maputo at the Joaquim Chissano Conference Center. The Stakeholder meetings on December 1 and 2 will be followed by a field visit day to the International Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) and the Umbeluze Research Station where participants will have an opportunity o review field trials currently being undertaken by CG Centers in Mozambique. The field visits will be followed by the CGIAR Business Meetings which will be held on December 4 and 5. The Stakeholders meeting and the Field Visit Day are open; the Business Meetings are by invitation only.

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