The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), one of the 16 research centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), is the lead institute in the Program for Biosafety Systems that has just been awarded $ 14.8 million by the United States Agency for International Development. The program, which began in May 2003 and lasts for five years, supports biosafety in developing countries, working initially with Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, East and West Africa, and is likely to expand to other countries and regions in the future. The consortium and its partners running the program include public and private sector institutions, 7 of the other research centres supported by the CGIAR and a number of national and regional developing country organisations. See an ISNAR news release at http://www.futureharvest.org/pdf/Biosafety_FINAL1.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information.

26/06/2003