Biotech Updates

Papaya Video Available Online

November 23, 2007

"Nurturing the seeds of cooperation: The papaya biotechnology network of Southeast Asia", is a 17-minute video that documents the collaborative efforts of various stakeholders and partners to develop Papaya Ringspot Virus (PRSV)-resistant papaya, and papaya with delayed ripening trait. The video highlights pubic-private partnerships and how member countries of the network have benefited through the capacity building efforts and technology and information sharing initiatives.

Produced by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), it is available through video streaming at http://www.isaaa.org/kc/inforesources/videos/papaya/