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Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGO)

The International Agriculture Research Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)

• Biotechnology and biosafety related policies and activities of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• IFPRI/Oxfam Project: Best Practices: Assessing social and economic impact of transgenic crops

  • - The Case of Bolivia

    - The Case of Honduras

    - The Case of the Philippines

  • Measuring the Impacts of Transgenic Crops in Developing Agriculture during the First Decade: Approaches, Findings, and Future Directions
  • Project Summary
• Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) Country Fact Sheets

  Ghana

  Kenya

  Mali

  Philippines

  Uganda

• PBS Policy Briefs

  • Brief No. 1	Brief No. 2	Brief No. 3	Brief No. 4
    Brief No. 5	Brief No. 6	Brief No. 7	Brief No. 8
    Brief No. 9	Brief No. 10	Brief No. 11	Brief No. 12

  • Brief August 2007
• PBS Brochure
• BBI Summary

Non-governmental Organizations

Third World Network (TWN)

• TWN Biosafety Briefing (June 2007)
• TWN Biotechnology and Biosafety Series 7 (2007)
• TWN Biotechnology and Biosafety Series 8 (2007)

Gene Campaign

• A Developing Country Perspective on Liability and Redress for GM Crops
• Can GM and Non - GM Crops be Segregated in India - Is Coexistence Possible?
• India Can Beat the Food Crisis

Federation of German Scientists (FGS)

• Federation of German Scientists
• Federation of German Scientists (FGS) at COP-MOP 4 & Planet Diversity Congress

Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education

• FBAE Position Paper on Biotechnology and Bioethics
• FBAE Position Paper on Nanobiotechnology
• FBAE Position on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Agricultuiral Biotechnology
• Position Paper of FBAE on Biosafety
• Position Paper on Indian Bt cotton
• Q & A on Bt-Cotton in India