Results of e-mail conference on biotechnologies and bioenergy
The FAO moderated e-mail conference entitled "The role of agricultural biotechnologies for production of bioenergy in developing countries" ran from 10 November to 14 December 2008. Major topics of discussion included applying biotechnologies in jatropha; the potential benefits for small-scale farmers of applying biotechnologies for bioenergy production; biogas production in developing countries; and production of enzymes for efficient bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to liquid biofuels. Of the different biotechnologies, most attention was paid to applications of genetic modification, molecular markers and tissue culture in crops for biofuel purposes. About 430 people subscribed to the conference and 88 messages were posted by 52 people in 21 different countries. Sixty percent of messages came from people living in developing countries. The messages are available at
http://www.fao.org/biotech/logs/c15logs.htm or can be requested as a single e-mail (size 135 KB) from
[email protected].
