About Us
This database is a collaborative effort between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI). In this effort they are assisted by numerous other initiatives, institutes and organisations
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
IFPRI’s mission is to provide policy solutions that cut hunger and malnutrition. Two key premises underlie IFPRI’s mission. First, sound and appropriate local, national, and international public policies are essential to achieving sustainable food security and nutritional improvement. Second, research and the dissemination of its results are critical inputs into the process of raising the quality of the debate and formulating sound and appropriate food policies.
www.ifpri.org
Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) The objective of the is to offer public researchers involved in modern biotechnology a forum through which they are informed about and involved in relevant international discussions, such as the Meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Goals of participation in such meetings are:
- to inform the negotiators about the objectives and progress of public research in modern biotechnology,
- to bring science to the negotiations,
- to inform the negotiators about concerns of the public research sector.
Collaborating initiatives, institutions and organisations
The Institute of Plant biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO)
An initiative of Gent University, Belgium, and supported by the Flemish Government, with the mission to drive sustainable agricultural systems by indigenous scientific capacity building in Asia, Latin America and Africa through training, human mobility and technology transfer.
The Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS)
PBS supports their partner countries in Africa and Asia in the responsible development and safe use of agricultural biotechnology. PBS effectively addresses biosafety through an integrated program of research, capacity development, and outreach. PBS is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
www.ifpri.org/pbs/pbs.asp
European Commission 6th Framework Programme
PRRI together with a consortium of partner organisations has been granted three year funding from the European Commission, aimed at supporting some of the basic PRRI activities including the creation of the ABC - Database