Record details

General information

Name of the Organization

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology

Coordinates

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Rome

Italy, 00153

Phone:	+39 (0) 6 57051
Fax:	+39 (0) 6 570 53152
Email:	biotech-website@fao.org,FAO-HQ@fao.org,Official-Correspondence-Group@fao.org
Url:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) - Biotechnology

Contact Information

Type of organization

UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System

Thematic areas

Environmental, food and feed safety

Organization’s profile

The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.

Linked organizations

Record #15818

Red de Cooperación Técnica en Biotecnología Vegetal (REDBIO/FAO)

P.O. Box 10095

Santiago

Chile

Phone:	+56 2 337 2224
Fax:	+56 2 337 2101
Email:	redbioargentina@gmail.com
Url:	Red de Cooperación Técnica en Biotecnología Vegetal (REDBIO/FAO),REDBIO/FAO (English)

Record #15828

Codex Alimentarius Commission (Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme)

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Rome

Italy, 00100

Phone:	+39 06 5 7051
Fax:	+39 06 5705 4593
Email:	Codex@fao.org
Url:	Codex Alimentarius Commission

Record #15819

International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

AGDI, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Rome

Italy, 00153

Phone:	+39 (0) 6 5705 4812
Fax:	+39 (0) 6 5705 4819
Email:	IPPC@fao.org,IPPC-Secretary@fao.org
Url:	International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

Contact person

Record #15815

Dr. Andrea Sonnino

Senior Agricultural Research Officer

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

Rome

Italy, 00153

Phone:	+39 (0) 6 5705 5499
Fax:	+39 (0) 6 5705 6361
Email:	andrea.sonnino@fao.org
Url:	http://www.fao.org/

Additional Information

FAO recognises the potential of biotechnology in promoting human well-being, particularly in meeting critical needs for food, agriculture and health care, and the need to promote the safe adoption of biotechnology through biosafety as defined in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Biosafety refers to the need to protect human health and the environment from the possible adverse effects of the products of modern biotechnology.