A longtime advocate of biotechnology, Serageldin was invited to a Forum on Global Agriculture and Forestry held by the Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO) at the Vlaams Instituut of Biotechnology (VIB) in Ghent, Belgium, under the title “30 of Years Plant Biotechnology”. He participated in the panel discussion Intensive but sustainable agriculture for emerging and developing countries. How can IPBO/VIB and IIBN/UNIDO contribute? Serageldin sees biotechnology playing a crucial part in the agriculture of the 21st century, and that, safely developed, it could be a valuable tool in promoting sustainable agriculture for food security.