Rome, Italy
July 20, 2005
Source:
FAO-BiotechNews
As part of the International
Year of Rice, FAO organised the
International Rice Conference on 12-13 February 2004 in Rome,
Italy.
The main theme of the second
day was "Sustainable rice-based production systems: Challenges
and opportunities".
The International Rice
Commission (IRC) has now published the 12 papers from this
session (including e.g. "Potentials and limitations of
biotechnology in rice" by R. Coffman, S.R. McCouch and R.W.
Herdt), plus an introductory Overview section, as IRC Newsletter
53. The IRC works within the framework of FAO and currently has
61 member countries.
See
http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5682e/y5682e00.htm or contact
nguu.nguyen@fao.org for
more information. |
