Three main sections of the FAO biotechnology website have recently been updated. The first, on `FAO Documents`, provides an annotated list of freely-downloadable documents and now includes 210 web links to a wide range of articles, books, meeting reports, proceedings and studies published by FAO, or prepared in collaboration with FAO, over the last 13 years concerning agricultural biotechnologies. The second, on `Country policy documents` provides an annotated list of freely-downloadable biotechnology policy documents from 18 FAO members. Most of the 25 documents are national policy documents, covering applications of biotechnology in food and agriculture as well as in other areas, such as pharmaceuticals, the environment and human health care. The third, on `Sectoral overviews`, provides an overview of the application of biotechnologies in the agro-industry, crop, fisheries and aquaculture, livestock and forestry sectors in developing countries. See http://www.fao.org/biotech/ (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) or contact [email protected] with any comments.

14/07/2010