Links and Resources

Page contents:

• Key websites
• Public Biotech Crop Research in Africa
• Biosafety resources
• Food safety resources

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Key websites

	Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) www.ifpri.org/themes/pbs/pbs.htm
	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) www.ifpri.org
	International Service for national Agricultural Research (ISNAR) www.isnar.cgiar.org (archive website)
	ISNAR/IFPRI Biotechnology Service (IBS) www.isnar.cgiar.org/ibs.htm

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Public Biotech Crop Research in Africa

On Wednesday 13 July 2005, a conference call briefing was held for journalists on a study of crop biotechnology research in Africa, conducted by IFPRI's Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). Information on the study can be found at: www.ifpri.org/media/20050707afbiotech.asp

Coverage about the event can be found on the following news sites:

• Agence France-Presse:
  www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=africa&item=050714164038.dj974az8.php
• Scripps Howard News Service:
  www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=BIOTECH-07-13-05&cat=WW
• The Herald
  Institutions Carry Out Research to Produce Modified Crops
  allafrica.com/stories/200507190651.html
• Reuters:
  za.today.reuters.com/news/...shortened..link..text...AFRICA-RESEARCH-GMO-20050714.XML

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Biosafety resources

• USAID Program for Biosafety Systems - www.ifpri.org/themes/pbs/pbs.htm
• AGBIOS - www.agbios.com/main.php
• ICGEB (International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology) - www.icgeb.trieste.it/
• European Biosafety Association (EBSA) - www.ebsa.be/
• General Biosafety Resources - www.jiwlp.com/contents/biosafety_resources_net.html
• Pew Initiative in Food and Biotechnology - pewagbiotech.org/
• UNEP-GEF Biosafety Program - www.unep.ch/biosafety/
• USDA-APHIS – Biotechnology Regulatory Service (BRS) - www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/
• NIH guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules - www4.od.nih.gov/oba/rac/guidelines/guidelines.html
• University of Tennessee Biosafety website - biosafety.utk.edu/plant.htm
• Biosafety News - www.biosafetynews.com/
• Information Systems for Biotechnology – gophisb.biochem.vt.edu/
• Biosafety Workbook (Michigan State University ABSP-I Project) - www.iia.msu.edu/absp/biosafety_workbook.html
• Environmental Biosafety Research - www.edpsciences.org/journal/index.cfm?edpsname=ebr
• Biosafety Journal - www.bioline.org.br/by
• Essential Biosafety - www.essentialbiosafety.info/main.php
• The Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service (BINAS-UNIDO) - binas.unido.org/binas/
• Cartagena Protocol in Biosafety - www.biodiv.org/biosafety/

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Food Safety Resources

• World Health organization – Biotechnology (GM Food) - www.who.int/foodsafety/biotech/en/
• FAO/WHO Biotechnology and Food Safety – fao.org/es/esn/food/risk_biotech_en.stm
• Codex Task Force on Food Derived from Biotechnology - fao.org/codex/ALINORM01/al01_34e.pdf
• Organization for Economic co-operation and Development (OECD) Biotechnology – www.oecd.org
• Pew Initiative on Food & Biotechnology - www.pewagbiotech.org
• Royal Society (London). Genetically Modified Plants for Food Use and Human Health – an update. Policy Document 4/02: www.royalsoc.ac.uk
• National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University – www.foodsafe.msu.edu
• International Food Information Council (IFIC): www.ific.org
• Asian Food Information Center (AFIC) - www.afic.org
• Gateway to U.S. Government Food Safety Information - www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/biotech.html
• Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) - www.ifst.org/hottop10.htm
• International Food Information Council/FDA. Food Risks: Perception vs. Reality - vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/risk-toc.html
• USDA Food Safety Research Information Office - www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov/
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
• The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - www.paho.org/
• World Organization for Animal Health - Office International des Epizooties (OIE) - www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm
• AgBiosafety - University of Nebraska - agbiosafety.unl.edu/