CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOSAFETY
AND THE CGIAR
Promoting Best Practice in Science
and Policy

February 2009

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 2009

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CGIAR Science Council. 2008. Biotechnology, Biosafety and the CGIAR:  Promoting best practice in Science and Policy.Rome, Italy:  CGIAR Science Council Secretariat.

ABSTRACT

Currently,  no  CGIAR Center  has  reached  the  release  stage  for  a  genetically  modified  (GM)  crop;  the  most  advanced  project  is  that  of  IRRI  and  its  partners  with  Golden  Rice,  with  staged  release  planned  for  2011/2012.  However,  progress  in  this  area  is  providing  lessons  for  all  involved  as  it  goes  hand in hand  with  the  establishment  of  biosafety  regulations  and  their  operation  in  partner  developing  countries.   

To  this  end,  the  Workshop  entitled  Biotechnology,  Biosafety  and  the  CGIAR:  Promoting  best  practice  in  Science  and  Policy  was  held  at  International  Rice  Research  Institute  (IRRI)  headquarters  in  Los  Baños,  the  Philippines,  on  22‐24  April  2008.   The  workshop  was  co- organized  with  IRRI  and  Bioversity  International,  with  a  total  of  41  participants,  including representatives  from  nine  CGIAR  Centers,  National  Agricultural  Research  Systems  (NARS),  Civil  Society  Organizations  and  relevant  international  agencies.