CABI has been carrying out a study for FAO on the impact of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) and equitable sharing of benefits arising from its use and it might be of interest to ECCO, WFCC and UKBRCN members to join the upcoming Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Global Workshop on Digital Sequence Information and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, scheduled from 14-15 November, 2022. It is a topic of high relevance to access and use of DSI on the genetic resources we take care of and use.

For further details about this workshop please see: DSI_Workshop_2022 | Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org) the link to information for participants allows you to see the programme and register for the meeting and a pdf announcement is available at:  Information note for participants (fao.org).