Global Plant Research including Developing Countries WoGr

Global Plant Research including Developing Countries - lead Bruce Osborne and Wilhelm Gruissem

Next activities: Input to the activities of the Global Plant Council - lead - Wilhelm Gruissem; Follow EPSO-FAO workshop June 2012 - lead Charlie Spillane & Jean-Christophe Glaszmann

GPC: Over 80 EPSO experts kindly offered to help develop and work on the nine focus areas identified by the Global Plant Council. Click here for the information. GPC is currently recruiting an Executive Director to help the Executive Board move first focus areas (1, 3 and 7) forward. We will contact our experts again beginning next year to get started. If you still want to offer an expert, please contact Karin Metzlaff providing the required information: click here.

Developing countries: Several EPSO experts already replied information on their ongoing and planned work with developing countries. Click here for a short briefing. Please provide information as shown below to Lisa Jochum to still add information from you / your colleagues: click here.

Communications:

• FAO: New FAO report focuses on investments in developing countries, urging caution on large-scale land acquisitions, "Involving local farmers is key to success of foreign investment"
• FAO: Hunger Run 2012 and Crescita SMS Campaign - A race and an SMS Campaign to help those affected by drought and poor harvests in Kenya, 17.10.2012
• The Global Plant Council: increasing the impact of plant research to meet global challenges, 6.9.2012
• EPSO: Plant Research to Save the Planet, 12.8.2009