International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

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| purpose = Technology transfer, Knowledge Sharing, Capacity Building, Impact Assessment of GM Crops

| location = United States, Kenya, Philippines

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The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is a non-profit international organization that shares agricultural biotechnology, focusing on genetic engineering.

Structure

ISAAA operates three regional centers; ISAAA SEAsiaCenter, ISAAA AfriCenter and ISAAA AmeriCenter. ISAAA SEAsiaCenter is hosted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. This center also serves as the Global Coordination Office as well as the home of the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology.{{cite web|url=http://www.1site-europe.net/onesite_inasp/people/orgdetail.asp?orgid=14690|title=Onesite Master}} ISAAA AfriCenter is hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) located in Nairobi, Kenya.{{cite web|url=http://www.ofabafrica.org/meeting_speaker_profiles/Profile-Karembu.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326004643/http://www.ofabafrica.org/meeting_speaker_profiles/Profile-Karembu.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2012 }} ISAAA AmeriCenter is located in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. It serves as the administrative and financial headquarters of the organization.

Donor organisations

The ISAAA receives funding from both public and private donors. Some of the ISAAA's funding agencies and companies include the USDA, US Grains Council, Monsanto, Bayer, two banks – Fondazione Bussolera in Italy and Ibercaja in Spain, USAID and the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II.{{Cite web |url=http://www.absp2.cornell.edu/ |title=ABSPII |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-date=11 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311211339/http://www.absp2.cornell.edu/ |url-status=dead }}

Annual Report on the Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops

The organization releases an annual publication on the global status of commercially approved genetically engineered crops. The publication is authored by Clive James, the founder and chair emeritus of ISAAA. The annual brief provides research on global trends in the adoption of major biotech crops since they were first planted commercially. Various environmental groups have accused the ISAAA of inflating the size and impact of genetically modified crops in their report.{{Cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-biotech-crops-greens-idUKTRE51A2US20090211|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311235124/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-biotech-crops-greens-idUKTRE51A2US20090211|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=Greens accuse biotech industry of inflating GM data|author=Reuters Editorial|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-09-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/gmo-plantings-report-idUSN1333567620080213|title=GMO industry group sees growing global acceptance|date=2008-02-13|work=Reuters|access-date=2016-09-21}} James says that the report is based on a multiple public and private sources and that he considers it conservative.

The 2015 report says that "18 million farmers planted 179.7 million hectares of biotech crops in 28 countries, a marginal decrease of 1% (1.8 million hectares) from 2014."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/business/acreage-for-genetically-modified-crops-declined-in-2015.html|title=Acreage for Genetically Modified Crops Declined in 2015|date=13 April 2016|work=The New York Times}} As per International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)'s latest 'Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/ GM Crops in 2017' report, India has the world's fifth largest cultivated area under genetically modified (GM) crops. The country with the highest area under transgenic crops, at 75 mh, is the United States.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

GM approval database

ISAAA documents approved GM crops worldwide and presents them in a database available in the organization's website. Each biotech event is featured with a brief description about the crop, trait, transformation method, developer, and summary of regulatory approval. Entries in the database were sourced from Biotechnology Clearing Houses/Regulatory Institutions of approving countries.

Programs

[http://www.isaaa.org/programs/knowledgecenter/default.asp ISAAA Knowledge Center initiative]
[http://www.isaaa.org/programs/supportprojects/default.asp Support Projects] - The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSP II) and The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
[http://www.isaaa.org/programs/specialprojects/templeton/adoption/default.asp Special Project: John Templeton Foundation Project]

References

External links

[http://www.isaaa.org/ ISAAA]
[http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/default.asp/ GM Approval Database]

Category:Biotechnology organizations

Category:1992 establishments in the United States

Category:Organizations established in 1992