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FAO publication on water scarcity and biotechnologies
FAO has just published a new book entitled "Coping with water scarcity: What role for biotechnologies?"
by J. Ruane, A. Sonnino, P. Steduto and C. Deane. The publication
brings together the background paper and summary report from a
moderated e-mail conference that was organised by FAO as one of its
initiatives to mark World Water Day 2007, whose theme was "Coping with
water scarcity". The conference's main focus was on the use of
biotechnologies to increase the efficiency of water use in agriculture,
while a secondary focus was on two specific water-related applications
of micro-organisms, in wastewater treatment and in inoculation of crops
and forest trees with mycorrhizal fungi.
See http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0487e/i0487e00.htm or contact charlotte.lietaer@fao.org to request a copy, providing your full postal address.
| Contact information |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
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|---|---|
| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0487e/i0487e00.htm |
| Source of information | SciDev.Net |
| Keyword(s) | water scarcity, biotechnologies, wastewater treatment |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
| Relation | ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0487e/i0487e.pdf |
| Geographical coverage | International |
| News date | 19/01/2009 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
