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'Plants for the Future' technology platform presents plan for European bioeconomy

Posted on July 02, 2007

The EU-backed Plants for the Future' Technology Platform officially released its full and final Strategic Research Agenda [*.pdf] in the European Parliament in Brussels last week. The document backed by scientists, farmers, industry and other public and private stakeholders signposts a route for Europe to use plant sciences and biotechnology to enhance EU competitiveness and welfare. The document outlines a radical transition towards the knowledge-based bioeconomy.Plants for the Future is a stakeholder forum on plant genomics and biotechnology that was initiated by the European Commission i...

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