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EPPO Reporting Service no. 02 - 1999 Num. article: 1999/033

Conference on 'International plant protection policy and market development: on the threshold of a new WTO round'


To celebrate the 100 years of the PD (RPPO of the Netherlands), a conference on 'International plant protection policy and market development: on the threshold of a new WTO round' will be organized on 1999-11-04/05. The conference will be held in Wageningen, at the convention and theatre centre 'Junushoff'. The official language of the conference will be English, and interpretation in French will be provided.

The provisional programme includes the following topics:
  • One hundred years of plant protection, a stable approach?
  • Trends in agriculture and agribusiness: about consumers, agro-industry, trade and primary production
  • Changing the (safe)guards
  • Role of governments

For further information, contact:
Plantenziektenkundige Dienst
c/o Mrs. A.A. Meurs / Mrs. H.P.M. van der Zande
Postbus 9102
6700 HC Wageningen
the Netherlands

Tel.: + 31 317 496730/496911 - Fax: + 31 317 421701
E-mail: pd100@pd.agro.nl - Internet: www.minlnv.nl/gewasbescherming/

Sources

RPPO of the Netherlands, 1999-02.