2025 - a European vision for plant genomics and biotechnology

On 24th June 2004 the European Commission had officially launched a European Plant Genomics and Biotechnology Platform, for establishing a long-standing public-private partnership to increase investment on research and innovation and to boost European competitiveness in the different sectors. Detailed research needs and the way to address them have been identified in a Strategic Research Agenda

Plants for the future - a European vision for plant genomics and biotechnology

ERA-Net Plant Genomics
Plants are essential to human life. Either directly or indirectly, plants produce all of the world’s food. They also provide materials, pharmaceuticals and offer renewable sources of energy.

A wide group of stakeholders representing research institutions, industry, farmers, politics, financial world, regulatory authorities, as well as consumer and environmental organizations, jointly published the strategic research agenda ‘Plants for the future’, on how Europe can improve the safe exploitation of the genetic diversity in plants using plant genomics and biotechnology.

Stakeholders Proposal for a Strategic Research Agenda 2025 (Aug 9 2005)