On 24-25 August 2006, the International Food Policy Research Institute, under the South Asia Biosafety Program, organised a conference in New Delhi, India on "Economic considerations of biosafety and biotechnology regulations in India", in collaboration with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India. The meeting was designed to provide a platform for national and international economic experts and important Indian stakeholders to discuss economic considerations related to biosafety and biotechnology in India. The 64-page proceedings, providing a summary of presentations and discussions from the conference, are now available on the web. See http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/indiaproc.asp or contact [email protected] for more information.

01/05/2007