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AfricaBio is a non-political, non-profit biotechnology association for the safe, ethical and responsible research, development and application of biotechnology and its products. The Association also serves as a forum for informed dialogue on biotechnological issues in Africa. |
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The Agbios website offers access to a database of safety information on all genetically modified plant products that have received regulatory approval, information on the implementation of biosafety systems, including case studies for food and environmental safety assessments, and a searchable library of biosafety-related citations in key topic areas |
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The Agricultural Biotechnology website is supported by a group of U.S. agricultural schools, known as land grant colleges and universities. Their goal is to make information on agricultural biotechnology available to the public and to participate in the dialogue about the benefits and risks of this new technology, which fast is becoming a part of our everyday lives. |
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Bacillus thuringiensis. Sharing Its Natural Talent With Crops. This four-module curriculum was prepared by the Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State University and published by ISU Extension for US high school teachers or extension educators to use with grades 9-12 or adult audiences. DNA from the naturally-occuring soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has been incorporated to produce resistance to certain insects in crops such as corn and cotton. The curriculum has four modules that discuss the science behind Bt crops; specific Bt crops; production issues; and ethical, social, and legal issues. |
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BATS Centre is a leading competence centre studying the effects of biotechnology. The main application of biotechnology is in farming (green biotechnology) and medicine (red biotechnology). Looking forward, the BATS Centre analyses possible effects on economy, ecology and society with the following goals: that research objectives are adjusted to take account of sustainability; and that society is informed of the social effects and can then decide which limits to place. |
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest Biotechnology Project addresses scientific concerns, government policies, and corporate practices concerning genetically engineered (GE) plants, animals, and other organisms that are released into the environment or that may end up in our foods.
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The GEO-PIE Project was developed to create objective educational materials exploring the complex scientific and social issues associated with genetic engineering, to help readers consider those issues for themselves. |
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The task of GMO Compass is to collect objective, science-based information on the use of genetic engineering in the agri-food industry and present it to the public in a way that is easy to understand and readily accessible. Its goal is to to contribute to the informed, autonomous development of opinions and encourage responsible debate. GMO Compass is financially supported within the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme. |
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Scientific Facts on Genetically Modified Crops is produced by GreenFacts, an independent, multi-stakeholder non-profit organisation based in Brussels, Belgium. Its mission is to provide non-specialists with unbiased scientific information on environment and health matters through the Internet. |
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Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) provides information resources to support the environmentally responsible use of agricultural biotechnology products. Here you will find documents and searchable databases pertaining to the development, testing and regulatory review of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms within the US and abroad. |
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The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers the benefits of new agricultural biotechnologies to the poor in developing countries. It aims to share these powerful technologies to those who stand to benefit from them and at the same time establish an enabling environment for their safe use.
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International Service for National Agricultural Reseach’s (ISNAR) involvement in biosafety aims to help ensure that the use of agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries is environmentally responsible and consistent with sustainable development. ISNAR is studying specific cases in which biotechnology products are being introduced in developing countries, in order to assess environmental effects. Issues such as public acceptance, pest resistance management, and biodiversity are being analysed under this general heading as well. |
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Participatory Assessment of Social and Economic Impacts of Biotechnology. This 4-year multi-institutional research project located at Virginia Tech, USA aims is to inform and sharpen public debate on the benefits, costs, risks, and tradeoffs associated with agricultural biotechnologies, using rice and tobacco as examples. |
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The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology was established in 2001 to be an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers. Funded through a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to the University of Richmond USA, the Initiative advocates neither for, nor against, agricultural biotechnology. Instead, the Initiative is committed to providing information and encouraging debate and dialogue so that consumers and policymakers can make their own informed decisions |
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In Harvest of Fear, FRONTLINE and NOVA explore the intensifying debate over genetically-modified (GM) food crops. Interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology, this two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology. |
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The Royal Society has provided advice to policy-makers on GM plants during the development of this branch of science and has published a number of reports on this issue. In 2003, the Royal Society contributed to the UK Governments national debate on the commercialisation of genetically modified crops in the UK, by encouraging the participation of scientists and holding events through which some of the main GM issues could be discussed. Background documents, and details of the Societys involvement in the GM debate, can be found here. |