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UK country report on farm animal genetic resources 2002

The UK鈥檚 official contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organisation鈥檚 鈥淔irst Report on the State of the World鈥檚 Animal Genetic Resources鈥�.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
10 May 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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This UK Country Report on Animal Genetic Resources is the United Kingdom鈥檚 official contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organisation鈥檚 鈥淔irst Report on the State of the World鈥檚 Animal Genetic Resources鈥�.

It has been produced by a 24 member National Consultative Committee on Farm Animal Genetic Resources representing all main farmed species interests, a number of non-governmental organisations engaged in breed management and conservation and the leading institutes and University Departments involved in animal breeding and genetics.

It fulfils one of the Government鈥檚 obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in relation to conserving biological diversity in food and agriculture.

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