How Crop Biotechnology Meshes into Biofuels

[BiotechBloggers]

his month is abuzz with biofuel events. Brisbane, Australia, hosts the
9th World Beet and Cane Growers Conference from July 9 -12. Among the
topics to be discussed, will be the use of sugar cane and sugar beets
in biofuels production. Tom Schwartz, the Executive Vice President,
U.S. Beet Sugar Development Foundation, I understand, will make a
presentation on advances in genetically modified sugar beets research
in the U.S.

In Brussels, Belgium, an International Conference on Biofuels,
sponsored by the European Commission (EU), has just wrapped up. The
conference focused on the impact of biofuels on food security in
Europe and elsewhere.

Regular readers of this blog might wonder what it's that prompts me -
I customarily comment on agricultural biotechnology topics - to
spotlight on these two biofuel-related events. As an African currently
living in the U.S., I must confess my fascination with the ongoing mad
rush for biofuels mainly in the U.S. and Brazil. Amid this biofuel
jamboree, I am wondering why Africa hasn't yet joined the bandwagon.
The full article can be accessed here:
http://www.gmoafrica.org/2007/07/how-crop-biotechnology-meshes-into-biofuels.html