Tab 1 lists
Tab 2 lists
Tab 3 provides a set of
Links to Major Web Sites
U.S. Government
- United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website: The site offers the public information on how the government regulates and supervises products of modern biotechnology.
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Agricultural Biotechnology Website
- Food Safety Research Information Office
- APHIS -- Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service: Biotechnology Permits
- National Organic Program (NOP)
- National Agricultural Library: Biotechnology Information Center
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Bioengineered Foods - Department of State: Biotechnology Page
- National Institutes of Health: National Center for Biotechnology Information
International Organizations
- European Union: Biotechnology Program (BIOTECH)
- World Intellectual Property Organization: Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore.
Universities and Think tanks
- Academic Information: Biotechnology Gateway - Directory of Online Resources
- Union of Concerned Scientists: The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
- Cornell University: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Georgetown University: Center for Food and Nutrition Policy
- Harvard University: Center for International Development (CID)
- Iowa State University: Office of Biotechnology
- Michigan State University: Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project
- University of Maryland: Center for Agricultural Biotechnology
NGO's
- Africabio: A non-political, non-profit biotechnology association for the safe, ethical and responsible research, development and application of biotechnology and its products.
- AgBioForum: AgBioForum publishes articles reporting on current research.
- American Biological Safety Association (ABSA): Represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological safety.
- American Seed Trade Association: ASTA promotes the development of better seed to produce better crops for a better quality of life.
- Biotechnology Industry Organization: The mission of BIO is to be the champion of biotechnology and the advocate for its member organizations –both large and small.
- Center for Global Food Issues: The Center for Global Food Issues staff conducts research and analysis of agriculture and the environmental concerns surrounding food and fiber production.
- Council for Agricultural Science and Technology: CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates credible, science-based information regionally, nationally, and internationally to legislators, regulators, policymakers, the media, the private sector, and the public.
- Council for Biotechnology Information: The Council communicates science-based information about the benefits and safety of agricultural and food biotechnology.
- EuropaBio: The European Association for Bio-industries.
- Genetic Resources Action International: GRAIN is an international NGO which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
- Illinois World Food and Sustainable Agriculture Program: This site wants to provide a reliable source of information about issues confronting the world food system and the implications for Illinois agriculture and natural resources.
- The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB): An organization dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology, with special regard to the needs of the developing world.
- National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy: Conducts objective, non-advocacy research, analysis, and education to inform public policy on food, agriculture, natural resources, environmental quality, and rural economics.
- The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology: The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology has been established to be an independent and objective source of credible information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers.
