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Annual General Meeting 2008
Maputo, Mozambique : December 1- 5, 2008
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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM08) in Maputo,
Mozambique, from December 1 to 5, 2008. AGM08 brought 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
explored 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.
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Recent AGMs have been held in China, Washington, Morocco,
Mexico, Kenya and the Philippines. The meeting and associated
events offered 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 was held in Maputo at the Joaquim
Chissano Conference Center. The Stakeholder meetings on December 1
and 2 were followed by a field visit day to the International
Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM), DCA (livestock station)
and the Umbeluze Research Station where participants had an
opportunity to review field trials currently being undertaken by CG
Centers in Mozambique. The field visits were followed by the CGIAR
Business Meetings which were held on December 4 and 5. The
Stakeholders meeting and the Field Visit Day were open; the
Business Meetings was by invitation only.
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