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ISAAA
is a not-for-profit international organisation co-sponsored by public
and private sector institutions with the aim of facilitating the acquisition
and transfer of agricultural biotechnology applications from the industrial
countries, particularly proprietary technology from the private sector,
to developing countries for their benefit.
The mission
of ISAAA is to contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing crop productivity
and income generation particularly for resource-poor farmers, and to bring
about a safer environment and more sustainable development.
ISAAA recently
established the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology in association
with the ISAAA SEAsiaCenter based in the Philippines.
The Knowledge
Center envisions itself as a virtual science-based information network
responding dynamically to the needs of developing countries on all aspects
of crop biotechnology. More specifically, it will:
- Help national programs
facilitate the development of a policy environment conducive to the
application of biotechnologies
- Promote public understanding
of scientific advances in crop biotechnolog
There are 17 Biotechnology
Information Centres (BICs) and five future nodes around the globe. MABIC
works closely with these BICs which givesus a strong regional and international
linkages.
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ISAAA and BICs
