Invitation to 2nd Electronic Conference on Tropical Feeds

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Dear Colleague,

Second FAO Electronic Conference on Tropical Feeds

LIVESTOCK FEED RESOURCES WITHIN INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS

You are invited to join and participate in this new electronic conference which is starting today.

* Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who may be interested *

More than 20 abstracts have already been received within the following subject categories:

	1. Integration in small-scale farming systems.
	2. The poultry component in integrated farming systems.
	3. Integrated farming systems with a major fodder crop component.
	4. Integrated farming systems with a major tree/shrub component.
	5. Feed resources from cereal production.
	6. Feed resources from large scale plantations.
	7. Alternatives to industrial exploitation of plantations.
	8. Fertilizer and energy components in integrated farming systems.
	9. Networking for circulating information on integrated farming systems and
	promotion of these systems
The first paper will be circulated this week.

We hope you will subscribe. You can do this in three ways.

1. If you wish to receive all the full papers and discussion: send an email message to:

MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG

with the words:

SUBSCRIBE TFCONF2-L

(no subject required)

2. If you wish only to receive the abstracts and discussion, with the opportunity to request the full paper (we recognise that some people pay for email and wish to keep the cost of receiving messages to a minimum):

send an email message to: MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG

with the words:

SUBSCRIBE TFCONF2-ABS-L
CHRISTOPHE.DALIBARD@FAO.ORG

and say which list you wish to subscribe to and we will add you to the list.
MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG

with the words:
UNSUBSCRIBE TFCONF2-L

or

UNSUBSCRIBE TFCONF2-ABS-L

or to CHRISTOPHE.DALIBARD@FAO.ORG asking him to remove you from the list. This electronic conference will be fully moderated and all contributions will be subject to editorial control by the conference coordinators before being sent to other participants. We will ensure that messages are not repeated, that errors in mailing lists do not affect you and that the discussion is controlled and directed.

To those who choose the abstract only list, we will give instructions on how to receive the full paper with each abstract.

PLEASE NOTE:
MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG

Messages to the conference for sending information and discussing issues should be sent to the list, i.e. TFCONF2-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORGor TFCONF2-ABS-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG or by using your REPLY facility to a message you receive from the conference list.

For those on the INTERNET, more information and access to papers will be available from: http://www.FAO.ORG/waicent/agricul/tropfeed/ The Proceedings of the First FAO Electronic Conference on Tropical Feeds and Feeding Systems is obtainable from this address and is also available on diskette in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. FAO Tropical Feeds and the electronic journal Livestock Research for Rural Development are also available.

We hope you enjoy and benefit from the conference, and that you will participate fully.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE OR ASK US TO SUBSCRIBE YOU. WE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY ADD YOU TO THE LIST.

Yours sincerely,
Rene Sansoucy (rene.sansoucy@fao.org)
Christophe Dalibard (christophe.dalibard@fao.org)
Andrew Speedy (andrew.speedy@fao.org)

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