Summary and Recommendations

Summary of Working Group discussions

Crafting Policy In a Context of Scientific Inconclusiveness and Uncertainty, Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Executive Director, ICTSD

Opening remarks, Sheila Maina on behalf of Osita Ogbu, Executive Director, ATPS

Opening remarks, Muheddin Kemal Negash, African Union

Opening remarks, Zerubabel M. Nyiira, NEPAD

Biotechnology Policies and Approaches in Eastern Africa
Charles Mugoya, ECABIO Regional Coordinator

Food Security, Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology R & D: Implications of Intellectual Property Rights
Moni Wekesa, Kenyatta University

Poverty Alleviation Through Agricultural Development: A Role for Biotechnology?
Joseph Wekundah, Biotechnology Trust Africa

Capactiy Building for Biotechnology: Status and Needs
John A. Bananuka, UNCST/BIO-EARN Programme

Implications of GMOs on trade and access to emergency food aid in the COMESA/ASARECA region
David Wafula, ACTS

Risk Management and Liability under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
David L.N. Hafashimana, Uganda Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment

Multilateral trade rules – An obstacle to effective risk management?
Heike Baumüller, ICTSD

Agro-Genetic Technologies
Erostus W.N. Nsubuga