Biology Fortified, Inc. (BFI) is an independent educational tax-exempt non-profit organization incorporated in Wisconsin. Their mission is to strengthen the public discussion of issues in biology, with particular emphasis on genetics and genetic engineering in agriculture. It provides excellent information and links to many different topic areas. It also lists all scientific literature that has tested GMO plants and is developing a database called GENetic Engineering Risk Atlas (GENERA). GENERA will be a searchable database of peer-reviewed research on the risks of genetically engineered crops. http://www.biofortified.org/
The Center for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA) was established by the non-profit International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation in March 2009. CERA builds on that organization’s strengths of risk assessment, tripartite engagement, and the dissemination of new scientific knowledge. CERA’s purpose is to develop and apply sound science to the environmental risk assessment of agricultural biotechnologies so their contributions to sustainable production of food, fuel and fiber may be safely realized. The Center’s research projects are currently focused on genetically modified (GM) plants.
ISAAA is a not-for-profit international organization that shares the benefits of crop biotechnology to various stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries. They are unashamedly pro-biotech, but are an excellent source for facts about the technology and its adoption throughout the world. They also have a database of genetically modified crops. http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/default.asp
Website which provides a searchable database of all of the genetically modified plants currently planted, undergoing regulatory review, and in development. It also details international conferences convened to evaluate all aspects of GMO plant technology, from safety in human consumption, to environmental sustainability. http://cera-gmc.org/index.php?action=about_us
On crop genebanks: http://cropgenebank.sgrp.cgiar.org/
National Academy of Sciences – Building on and updating the concepts and questions raised in previous NRC reports addressing food safety, environmental, social, economic, regulatory, and other aspects of genetically engineered (GE) crops, an ad hoc committee will conduct a broad review of available information on GE crops in the context of the contemporary global food and agricultural system.
GMO Plants and Genebanks:
Sites dealing with statistics on agriculture:
Global agriculture- http://www.cgiar.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations –
http://www.fao.org/home/en/
National Academy of Sciences – Building on and updating the concepts and questions raised in previous NRC reports addressing food safety, environmental, social, economic, regulatory, and other aspects of genetically engineered (GE) crops, an ad hoc committee will conduct a broad review of available information on GE crops in the context of the contemporary global food and agricultural system.
GMO Plants and Genebanks: