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International

• A resource with links to studies, tests and trials related to GM crops (Seed Today)

• AGBIOS
  • GM database
• Black Sea Biotechnology Association (BSBA)
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Biosafety Clearing House - Gene and DNA sequence registry
• Europabio - The European Association for Bioindustries
  EuropaBio's mission is to promote an innovative and dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe.
  • Agricultural biotech Frequently Asked Questions
  • Information for operators
• European Commission
  • Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of genetically modified organisms - GMO Register
  • Register of GM food and feed
• European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
  Europe’s non-profit federation of National Biotechnology Associations, Learned Societies, Universities, Scientific Institutes, Biotech Companies and individual biotechnologists working to promote biotechnology throughout Europe and beyond. The mission of EFB is to promote the safe, sustainable and beneficial use of the life sciences, to promote research and innovation at the cutting edge of biotechnology, to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and international cooperation, to improve scientific education and to facilitate an informed dialogue between scientists and the public.
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the keystone of European Union (EU) risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks.
• European Plant Science Organization
  EPSO’s mission is to improve the impact and visibility of plant science in Europe. EPSO's top priorities are to facilitate the understanding of plant science, to boost funding for basic research and to coordinate research activities at the national and European levels – and beyond.
• FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite Nations
  • Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
  • CODX Alimentarius
  • FAOBioDeC
    FAO-BioDeC is a database meant to gather, store, organize and disseminate, updated baseline information on the state-of-the-art of crop biotechnology products and techniques, which are in use, or in the pipeline in developing countries.
• GMO Compass
  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.
  • GMO database - Genetically modified food and feed authorizations in the European Union
• International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB)
  The International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (IAPTC&B), renamed the International Association of Plant Biotechnology (IAPB), boasts nearly 2,000 members spanning 85 countries and, as such, is the largest society of its kind.
• International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
  • Biosafety Web Pages
    Disseminating significant information related to biosafety issues raised through the use of products derived from modern biotechnology.
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • Delivering Genetically Engineered Crops to Poor Farmers (January 2010)
  • Labeling genetically modified food in India (January 2010)
• International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
  ISAAA is a not-for-profit international organization that delivers the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers in developing countries. By identifying and matching agricultural problems with possible biotechnology-based solutions in developing countries, it aims to share these powerful technologies to those who stand to benefit from them the most.
  • Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2008 - The First Thirteen Years, 1996 to 2008

• Iowa State University
  • The production and price impact of biotech crops (January 2010)
• OECD biotechnology portal
• Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA)
  In collaboration with 50+ universities and research centers and a pro bono attorney network, we provide intellectual property rights and commercialization strategy services to increase the impact of public sector innovation, particularly for developing countries and specialty markets.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Biotechnology (GM foods) and nanotechnology
  - General information on biotechnology
  - Nanotechnology
  - 20 questions on genetically modified foods
  - 53rd World Health Assembly discussion on GM foods
  - FAO/WHO Expert Consultations on GM Foods
  - WHO study on modern food biotechnology
  - Codex work on foods derived from biotechnology
  - Meetings
  - Publications
  - Related links

Australia

• Science for Decision Makers - Plant Gene Technology: Improving the Productivity of Australian Agriculture
  Topics include an introduction to conventional breeding to plant gene technology, global and Australian status of GM technology, regulations of GM crops in Australia, and benefits of the technology.
• AusBiotech - Australia's Biotechnology Industry Organization
  AusBiotech’s mission is to cultivate a supportive environment to enable companies to grow and advance their commercial interests and assist them to become global, thereby positioning Australia’s biotechnology industry as a significant market for attracting international interest and investment.
• Australian Plant Phenomics Facility
  Based around automated image analysis of the phenotypic characteristics of extensive germplasm collections and large breeding, mapping and mutant populations. Will exploit recent advances in robotics, imaging and computing to enable sensitive, high throughput analyses to be made of plant growth and function. New technologies will be developed to ensure that the APPF remains at the international forefront of plant science. Research networks and established pathways to market will ensure outcomes are delivered for the long-term benefit for Australian scientists and primary producers. Two nodes: The Plant Accelerator involving the research institutions at the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide and The High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre involving CSIRO Plant Industry and the Australian National University in Canberra.
• Biotechnology Australia
  Manages the National Biotechnology Strategy and coordinates non-regulatory biotechnology issues for the Australian Government. Provides balanced and factual information on biotechnology to the Australian community, including through our Biotechnology Online school resource.
• Biotechnology Online
  Provides balanced and factual information about biotechnology.
• Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR)
  Provides administrative support of a national scheme for the regulation of genetically modified organisms in Australia.

Belgium

• Belgian Biosafety Server
  Aims at providing science-based information related to biosafety to people involved in the medical, veterinary, agronomical and biotechnological sectors.

Brazil

• Biotech Brasil
  The Biotech Brasil blog is published by Marcelo Menossi, a Biologist (University of Campinas, Brazil) with a doctorate degree in genetics (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain).
• ABRABI - Brasilian Industry Biotechnology Organization
• Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança (CTNBio)
  A CTNBio é uma instância colegiada multidisciplinar, criada através da lei nº 11.105, de 24 de março de 2005, cuja finalidade é prestar apoio técnico consultivo e assessoramento ao Governo Federal na formulação, atualização e implementação da Política Nacional de Biossegurança relativa a OGM, bem como no estabelecimento de normas técnicas de segurança e pareceres técnicos referentes à proteção da saúde humana, dos organismos vivos e do meio ambiente, para atividades que envolvam a construção, experimentação, cultivo, manipulação, transporte, comercialização, consumo, armazenamento, liberação e descarte de OGM e derivados.

Canada

• AGCare
  AGCare, Agricultural Groups Concerned About Resources and the Environment, is a coalition of farm organizations committed to communicating about agriculture and the environment. We are the voice of Ontario’s 45,000 farmers who grow fruit, vegetables, and field crops on environmental issues.
• BIOTECanada
  National non-profit association dedicated to building the bio-based economy in Canada.
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency / Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments

Chile

• ChileBio

Colombia

• AgroBIO Colombia

France

• Biotechnologies France
  Base de données nationale qui référence l'ensemble des acteurs des biotechnologies en France.
• France Biotech
  Association française des entreprises de biotechnologie et de leurs partenaires.
• Ministère du Développement Durable
• Site interministériel sur les OGM
• OGM.ORG

Germany

• BIO-Deutschland - Biotechnologie Industrie Organisation Deutschland e.V.
• CROPSENSe
  Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn & Forschungszentrum Jülich
  Komplexe Sensorik für Nutzpflanzenforschung, Züchtung und Bestandessteuerung
• Deutsche Industrievereinigung Biotechnologie (DIB)
• Forum Grüne Vernunft
• GMO Safety / bioSicherheit
  The Internet portal gmo-safety.eu provides up-to-date clear and intelligible information about current and past biosafety research into genetically modified plants in Germany.

Hungary

• Hungarian Biotechnology Association
• Pannonian Plant Biotechnology Association

India

• All India Biotech Association
  A non-profit society to provide common forum at the national level to represent the interests of all those engaged in various aspects of biotechnology.
• Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
  GEAC is the apex committee under MoEF for approval of GMOs & products thereof.
• India Biotech Information Centre

Ireland

• Biotechnology Ireland
  Connecting Irish biotechnology to the world.

Japan

• Japan Biosafety Clearing House (J-BCH)

New Zealand

• New Zealand Biotech Industry Organization (NZBIO)
  National peak body representing the bioscience based industries in New Zealand.
• Science New Zealand
  Science New Zealand represents the eight Crown Research Institutes.
• The New Zealand Biotechnology Learning Hub
  The Biotechnology Learning Hub provides teaching resources for primary and secondary schools. We link modern biotechnology in New Zealand to the school curriculum.

Spain

• Fundación Antama
  La Fundación Antama es una organización sin ánimo de lucro que tiene como finalidad la promoción y realización de todo tipo de actividades que contribuyan a dar a conocer a la sociedad el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la agricultura, el medio ambiente y la alimentación.

Switzerland

• Swiss Biotech
  Information portal.
• Swiss Biotech Association

United Kingdom

• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE)
  ACRE is an independent Advisory Committee composed of leading scientists. Our main function is to give statutory advice to Ministers in the UK and devolved administrations on the risks to human health and the environment from the release and marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We also advise on the release of certain non-GM species of plants and animals that are not native to Great Britain.
• Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC)
  Government strategic advisory body on biotechnology issues affecting agriculture and the environment.
• BioIndustry Association (BIA)
  Trade association for innovative enterprises in the UK's bioscience sector.
• Biotechnolgy and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  UK's leading funding agency for academic research and training in the non-clinical life sciences.
• Sense about Science
  Promiting good science and evidence for the public.

USA

• AgBiosafety
  University of Nebraska Lincoln
  Our goal is to be a definitive source of scientific, regulatory and educational materials relevant to crop biotechnology and the current debate on the genetic modification of food. 
• Agricultural Biotechnology
  This Web site is brought to you by a group of U.S. agricultural schools known as state or land grant colleges and universities. Our 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.
• BIO - Biotechnology Industry Organization
  BIO is the world's largest biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO's mission is to be the champion of biotechnology and the advocate for our member organizations—both large and small.
• BioFortified
  Biofortified's volunteer authors are devoted to providing factual information and fostering discussion about agriculture, especially plant genetics and genetic engineering. The site is written by grad students, professors, and guest experts.
• Biotechnology Library
  United Soybean Board - A source for reference materials and research on agricultural biotechnology.
• Council for Biotechnology Information
  Communicates science-based information about the benefits and safety of agricultural biotechnology and its contributions to sustainable development.
• Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI)
  Established 2004 with the objective to offer public researchers involved in modern biotechnology a forum through which they are informed about and involved in relevant international discussions.
• The GMO (mis)Information Page
  University of Georgia
• Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide
  Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University
• USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  APHIS regulates certain GE organisms that may pose a risk to plant or animal health. In addition, APHIS participates in programs that use biotechnology to identify and control plant and animal pests.
• USDA - United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website
  U.S. database of completed regulatory agency reviews. Contains information on genetically engineered crop plants intended for food or feed that have completed all recommended or required reviews for planting, food, or feed use in the United States.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Biotechnology Program Under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• ucbiotech.org
  University of California, Berkeley
  Science-based information and resources on agricultural biotechnology
• U.S. Sugar Industry Biotech Council