International Organisations - Europe International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR)

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International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR)

Principal objectives:

To provide opportunities at the international level to exchange views on issues related to agricultural biotechnology research; by

• Holding conferences, workshops, seminars, and training programs
• Promoting cooperative research
• Favoring exchange of information about on-going research activities, the state of the arts of biotechnology research, and the economics of biotechnology, around the world
• Disseminating information on legislation and the policy-making process relating to the regulation and/or encouragement of agricultural biotechnology

To favour exchanges of views among representatives of the international scientific community, agricultural producers and their organizations, policy-makers, industrialists, international organizations, NGOs, and consumer groups from developing as well as developed countries

To stimulate the analysis of issues related to agricultural biotechnology research, such as

• The relationship between the production of biotechnologies and technological transfers among countries.
• The role of biotechnology transfer in the development process.
• The regulation of biotechnology research and international trade.
• Intellectual property rights and the results of agricultural biotechnology research.

To stimulate awareness and appreciation of the role of agricultural biotechnology research among the general population, in order to decrease fears about the health and environmental implications of new biotechnology and to understand the role of agricultural biotechnology research in the process of economic growth and development

To stimulate the design and creation of national and international institutions to foster and to support agricultural biotechnology research

The promoters of the Consortium include scientists from the following universities and institutions:

• Bocconi University of Milan
• Cornell University, Ithaca
• Iowa State University
• North Carolina State University
• Serd-INRA, Grenoble
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Idaho
• University of Naples, Federico II
• University of Rome, Tor Vergata
• University of Saskatchewan
• University of Verona
• Rutgers University, NJ Yale University, New Haven

Contacts

Contact

• Vittorio SANTANIELLO / International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Resea ITALY