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The FAO has developed the FAO-BioDeC database to gather, store, organise and disseminate updated baseline information on the state-of-the-art of crop biotechnology products and techniques that are either in use or in the pipeline in developing countries. The database comprises around 2000 entries from 70 developing countries, including countries with economies in transition. The database gives an overview of the different stages of adoption and development of these biotechnologies in the different countries and regions. As well as information on GMOs, it also contains information on other biotechnological products such as those obtained by micropropagation, in vitro regeneration, embryo rescue, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RFLP), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), and in vitro germplasm conservation and exchange. Records can be searched using a combination of selected fields such as product or technology, trait or specific technique used, species, country, region, institution and status of the development process (that is, experimental phase, field trials, or commercialisation). |
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Also available through the ICGEB biosafety website is the Biosafe.Res database which was developed to enhance communication regarding past and present GMO biosafety research. The database provides access to information for all worldwide stakeholders, including the general public, industry, and national and international agencies. In addition, it aims to improve communication within the scientific community, as well as between researchers and the public at large. The database is now public and biosafety research project leaders worldwide are encouraged to enter their projects directly into the database. |
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Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, a new database of "Biosafety research projects: Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Plants" has come online allowing the visitor to access 145 records of biosafety research programmes being conducted in Germany. The interface allows the visitor to search for records based on crop/organism or topic. |
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