The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), one of the 16 research centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has just published 2020 Focus 10, entitled "Food safety in food security and food trade", edited by L.J. Unnevehr. It contains 17 policy briefs describing "how developing countries are addressing food safety issues in order to improve both food security and food trade, and discusses the risks, benefits, and costs when such policies are implemented". Number 16 is a 2-page brief on "Food safety and GM crops: Implications for developing-country research" by J.I. Cohen, H. Quemada, and R. Frederick. See http://www.ifpri.org/2020/focus/focus10.htm or contact [email protected] to request a copy.

01/09/2003