Biotech Updates

FAO Document on Role of Agri-biotech for Bioenergy Production

October 24, 2008

FAO published a document entitled "The role of agricultural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries". It is the background document for an upcoming FAO e-mail conference that takes place from 10 November to 7 December 2008. It provides an overview of the current status regarding bioenergy, focusing on first- and second-generation liquid biofuels. Some of the potential ways in which biotechnologies could contribute to bioenergy production are also presented.

The document is available at http://www.fao.org/biotech/C15doc.htm or a copy can be requested from biotech-admin@fao.org. To join the conference, people should send an e-mail to mailserv@mailserv.fao.org with the following text on two separate lines: subscribe BIOTECH-L subscribe biotech-room3