Press Release: ‘Plants for the future’: a 2025 vision for European plant biotechnology

A new era for plant biotechnology was promised as a European Technology Platform on Plant Genomics and Biotechnology was launched by European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin at a press conference in Brussels on 24 June 2004.

A report presented at the conference, 'Plants for the future', highlights how advances in plant genomics and biotechnology can help Europe to address the challenges of a growing world population, diminishing fossil fuels and the need for food, with stress-resistant plants. The paper identifies three priorities: to produce more affordable, healthy and better quality food products; encourage environmental and agricultural sustainability; and enhance competitiveness in European agriculture, industry and forestry.

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/04/329&format=HTML&aged=0&language=FR&guiLanguage=en http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/04/329&format=HTML&aged=0&language=FR&guiLanguage=en

http://www.europabio.org/plant_genomics_platform.htm http://www.europabio.org/plant_genomics_platform.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/biotechnology/ http://ec.europa.eu/comm/biotechnology/

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/press/2004/pr2406-2en.cfm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/research/press/2004/pr2406-2en.cfm

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