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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND OTHER NEWS

  1. www.EliteFarmer.com is a very useful site for people with small farms or rural property and career development resources to educate and prepare workforce-ready graduates. Visit http://www.elitefarmer.com/jobs/e/Employment/Biotechnology/

  2. An electronic journal dedicated to conservation and manipulation of crop genetic resources with emphasis on cassava http://www.geneconserve.pro.br/News.htm 

  3. Biotechnology industry news http://biz.yahoo.com/news/biotechnology.html 

  4. BioLines. AfricaBio’s ‘Biotechnology Headlines’ – a quick guide to what is topical. www.africabio.com. email editor: biolines@africabio.com

  5. The Crop Biotech newsletter, www.isaaa.org  

  6. Pan African newspaper, Biosafety News in biotechnology, health and environment issues www.biosafetynews.com 

  7. The Food Security and Ag-Biotech News electronic mailing list created and managed by Meridian Institute distributes daily e-mails that summarize news about agriculture, food security, intellectual property rights, biosafety, liability and technology transfer; a particular emphasis is placed on news and information about Sub-Saharan Africa. To subscribe free of charge, visit <http://www.merid.org/fs-agbiotech>

  8. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE), UK: http://www.environemnt.dtr.gov.uk/acre

  9. Agricultural Genome Information: http://www.probe.nalusd.gov:8000

  10. Ag-West Biotech, Inc.: http://www.agwest.sk.ca

  11. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxin Resources: http://nal.usda.gov/bic/BTTOX/bttoxin.htm

  12. Belgian Biosafety Server: http://biosafety.ihe.be/

  13. BioGuide, UK: http://www.dtiinfol.dti.gov.uk/acre/wildlife/index.htm

  14. Biotechnology Australia: http://www.biotechnoloty.gov.au/

  15. Biosafety Research and Assessment of Technology Impacts: http://www.bats.ch/index-e.html

  16. Biospace: http://www.biospace.com/

  17. Biotech crop report by British govt. committee: http://www.environment.detr.gov.ukacre/wildlife/index.htm

  18. Centro Informacao Clentifica e Technologica, Brazil: http://www.flocruz.br/cict/

  19. CNPQ, Brazil: http://www.cnpq.br/

  20. Community of Science: http://www.cos.com/

  21. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST): http://www.cst-science.org/

  22. CSIR-Bio/Chemtek South Africa: http://www.csir.co.za

  23. CSIRO-Gene Technology in Australia: http://www.genetech.csiro.au/

  24. DANIDA, Denmark: http://www.um.dk./english

  25. Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre: http://danforthcentre.org/index.html

  26. EFB Agri-Biotechnology: http://www.agbiotech.org/

  27. Everything about Bacillus thuringiensis: http://www.gifc.forestry.ca/index-en/research-e/ipm-e/netintro99-e.html

  28. Gene Technology Information Unit (GTIU): http://www.geneinfo.hightide.net.au/

  29. Genetic Engineering and Intellectual Property Rights Resource center: http://www.sustain.org/biotech

  30. Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee: http://www.health.gov.au/tga/gene/gmac/gmac.htm

  31. Glossary of Biotechnology Terms-Biotechterms: http://biotechterms.org/

  32. Grain genes: http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/

  33. GTZ, Germany: http://www.gtz.de.

  34. Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB): http://www.isb.vt.edu

  35. Institute for Biotechnology Information (IBI): http://biotechinfo.com

  36. International Field Test Web Sites: http://www.isb.vt.edu/cfdocs/globalfieldtessts.cfm

  37. International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation: http://www.inficinfo.health.org/index 14.htm

  38. IRRO (International Resources on the Release of Organisms into the Environment: http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/probev1n3_4/inter.html

  39. Joint Research Centre – European Commission: http://www.jrc.org/

  40. Life Sciences Knowledge Centre: http://www.biotechknowledge.com

  41. National agricultural Biotechnology Council: http://www..cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc

  42. National Biotechnology Information Facility: http://www.nbif.org/

  43. National Centre for Biotechnology Education: http://134.225.167.114.menu.html

  44. National Research & Information Centres ACIAR, Australia: http://www.aciar.gov.au/

  45. North Carolina Biotechnology Centre: http://www.ncbiotech.org/

  46. Robert Koch Institute (RKI) – Centre for Gene Technology: http://www.rki.de/gentec/geneng/gentec_e.htm

  47. Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden: http://www.sei.se/

  48. USDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRARGP): http://www.reeusda.gov/crgam/biotechrisk/biotech.htm

  49. USDA National Agricultural Library Biotechnology Information Centre: http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic

  50. AgBioForum Magazine: http://www.agbioforum.missosuri.edu

  51. AgBiotechNet: http://www.agbiotechnet.com

  52. Bio-Tech Infonet: http://biotech-info.net/

  53. Biotechnology and Development Monitor: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/monito/index/html

  54. EFB task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/monito/index.html

  55. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology: http://www.ejb.org

  56. European Plant Biotechnology Network (EPBN): http://www.epbn.org/

  57. Food Biotechnology Communications Network: http://www.foodbiotech.org

  58. Genetic Engineering News Lists 100 Top Biotechnology Websites: http://www.genengnews.com/top100.asp


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