Presentation of GFAR at the Open Science Network Meeting on Partnerships, Innovation and Agriculture jointly organized by INRA and CIRAD in Paris on 3 June 2008.
Presentation (on behalf of Dr R. Watson, Chief Scientist, IBRD) to GFAR Triennial Conference
New Delhi, Nov. 9th 2006
Most of the plants which are cultivated worldwide have healthy effects and have been increasingly used by people suffering from various diseases. Therefore these plants can be considered as medicinal ones. Olives and date palms have similar effects. With regard to cotton and post harvest products of the textile industry, especially organically cultivated plants, there is a growing international market because of the spread of allergic and other diseases which may be used as protection from health hazards