The UN General Assembly has designated 2004 as the International Year of Rice (IYR). As part of facilitating IYR implementation, FAO convened a Rice Conference on 12-13 February 2004 in Rome, Italy, that brought together leading experts from around the world to present their perspectives on latest trends and industry developments. Some of the papers presented dealt partly or fully with the topic of biotechnology, such as "Potentials and limitations of biotechnology in rice" by R. Coffman, S.R. McCouch and R.W. Herdt. See http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/e-001.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.

08/03/2004