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Establishing National Biosafety Regulatory Systems: Key Outstanding Issues Under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
PBS Policy Brief 12.
(PDF 140K)

Ensuring Biosafety at the National Level: Suggestions to Improve the Operation of the South African Biosafety Regulatory System
PBS Policy Brief 11.
(PDF 163K)

Building Sustainable Biosafety Education Capacity: Introducing the PBS Training of Trainers Program
PBS Policy Brief 10.
(PDF 291K)

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• Establishing National Biosafety Regulatory Systems: Key Outstanding Issues Under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  2008. Gregory Jaffe. PBS Policy Brief 12.
  
  (PDF 140K)
• Ensuring Biosafety at the National Level: Suggestions to Improve the Operation of the South African Biosafety Regulatory System
  2008. Gregory Jaffe. PBS Policy Brief 11.
  
  (PDF 163K)
• Building Sustainable Biosafety Education Capacity: Introducing the PBS Training of Trainers Program
  2008. Catarina Cronquist, Cholani Weebadde, and Karim Maredia. PBS Policy Brief 10.
  
  (PDF 291K)
• Integrated Confinement System for Genetically Engineered Plants: A Comprehensive Approach to Biosafety for Confined Field Trials
  2007. Mark E. Halsey. PBS Policy Brief 9.
  
  (PDF 190K)

• What Information Should be Required on Shipments of LMO-FFPS? Analyzing Options Under Article 18.2.a of the Biosafety Protocol
  2007. Guillaume P. Gruère and Mark W. Rosegrant. PBS Policy Brief 8.
  
  (PDF 172K)
• Labeling Policies of Genetically Modified Food: Lessons from an International Review of Existing Approaches
  2007. Guillaume Gruère. PBS Policy Brief 7.
  
  (PDF 188K)
• International Trade-Related Regulations Of GM Food: What Policies for Developing Countries?
  2007. Guillaume Gruère. PBS Policy Brief 6.
  (PDF 200K)
• Assessing the Potential Economic Impact of Genetically Modified Crops in Ghana
  2007. Edited by Daniela Horna, Melinda Smale, and Jose Falck-Zepeda. PBS Policy Briefs 1-5.
  (PDF 280K)
  Individual Briefs
  • A Methodological Framework
    (PDF 184K)
  • Virus-Resistant Tomato
    (PDF 185K)
  • Insect-Resistant Cabbage
    (PDF 173K)
  • Insect Resistant Garden Egg
    (PDF 184K)
  • Virus-Resistant Cassava
    (PDF 173K)
• Applying Biotechnology in a Safe and Responsible Manner: Justification for a Biosafety Law in Kenya
  August 2007. Biosafety Policy Brief Policy Brief. PBS and The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).
  
  (PDF 216K)
• Biosafety and Biodiversity Risks
  June 2006. Melinda Smale, Hugo De Groote, José Falck-Zepeda. IFPRI Research at a Glance, Brief 26.
  
  (PDF 219K)
• Agricultural Biotechnology
  2004. Set of six briefs prepared by ABSPII and PBS, focusing on basic aspects of agricultural biotechnology, worldwide adoption of GM, intellectual property, and biosafety issues, available in English and French.

• The Economic Impact and the Distribution of Benefits and Risk from the Adoption of Insect Resistant (Bt) Cotton in West Africa
  September 2007. José Falck-Zepeda, Daniela Horna, and Melinda Smale. IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 718.
• Parables: Applied Economics Literature About the Impact of Genetically Engineered Crop Varieties in Developing Economies
  October 2006. Melinda Smale, Patricia Zambrano, José Falck-Zepeda, and Guillaume Gruère. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 158.
• Risk Assessment and Management of Genetically Modified Organisms Under Australia's Gene Technology Act
  October 2006. Nicholas Linacre, Jose Falck-Zepeda, John Komen, and Donald MacLaren. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 157.
• An Exploration of the Potential Benefits of Integrated Pest Management Systems and the Use of Insect Resistant Potatoes to Control the Guatemalan Tuber Moth (Tecia solanivora Povolny) in Ventaquemada, Colombia
  May 2006. José Falck Zepeda, Nancy Barreto-Triana, Irma Baquero-Haeberlin, Eduardo Espitia-Malagón, Humberto Fierro-Guzmán, and Nancy López. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 152.
• A Gap Analysis of Confined Field Trial Application Forms for Genetically Modified Crops in East Africa: Evaluating the Potential for Harmonization
  April 2006. Nicholas A. Linacre and Joel I. Cohen. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 149.
• An Analysis of Trade Related International Regulations of Genetically Modified Food and their Effects on Developing Countries
  February 2006. G. P. Gruere. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 147.
  Related PBS Brief: (PDF 200K)
• Comparative Analysis of the National Biosafety Regulatory Systems In East Africa
  January 2006. Gregory Jaffe. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 146.
• Analysis for Biotechnology Innovations Using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
  August 2005. Nicholas A. Linacre, Joanne Gaskell, Mark W. Rosegrant, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Hector Quemada, Mark Halsey, and Regina Birner. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 140.
• Security Analysis for Agroterrorism: Applying the Threat, Vulnerability, Consequence Framework to Developing Countries
  August 2005. Nicholas A. Linacre, Bonwoo Koo, Mark W. Rosegrant, Siwa Msangi, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Joanne Gaskell, John Komen, Marc J. Cohen, and Regina Birner. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 138.
• The Emergence of Insect Resistance in Bt-corn: Implication of Resistance Management Information under Uncertainty
  July 2005. Nicholas A. Linacre and Colin J. Thompson. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 136.
• Biotechnology and the African Farmer
  June 2005. Carl K. Eicher, Karim Maredia, Idah Sithole-Niang.
  
  (PDF 175K)
• Ecological Risks of Novel Environmental Crop Technologies Using Phytoremediation as an Example
  May 2005. J. Scott Angle and Nicholas A. Linacre. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 133.
• Incorporating Project Uncertainty in Novel Environmental Biotechnologies: Illustrated Using Phytoremediation
  May 2005. Nicholas A. Linacre, Steven N. Whiting, and J. Scott Angle. IFPRI EPTD Discussion Paper No. 132.
• A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Biosafety: Linking Policy, Capacity and Regulation
  2002. M. A. McLean, R. J. Frederick, P. Traynor, J.I. Cohen, J. Komen, Briefing Paper No. 47.
  (PDF 150K)

• Analysis of the Biosafety System in Uganda: Regulatory framework, policies and procedures
  2005. Theresa Sengooba, Charles Mugoya, Patricia L. Traynor, and John Komen.
  (PDF 815K)
• Analysis of the Biosafety System for Biotechnology in Kenya: Application of a Conceptual Framework
  2003. P. Traynor, H.K. Macharia, Country Report No. 65
  (PDF 726K)
• Analysis of a National Biosafety system: Regulatory Policies and Procedures in Argentina
  2002. M. Burachik, P. Traynor, Country Report No. 63
  (PDF 439K)
• Analysis of a National Biosafety System: Regulatory Policies and Procedures in Egypt
  2000. M. Madkour, A. Nawawy, P. Traynor, Country Report No. 62.
  (PDF 199K)

• Ghana: PBS Supports a Legal Framework for Biosafety
  (PDF 209K)
• Kenya: PBS Helps Set the Stage for Biosafety Legislation
  (PDF 211K)
• Mali: PBS Trains Officials to Implement Laws and Field Trials
  (PDF 216K)
• Philippines: PBS Supports Biosafety Research and Ongoing Field Trials
  (PDF 211K)
• Uganda: PBS Supports the Safe Conduct of Field Trials
  (PDF 203K)

• Assessing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety's Proposed Information Requirements in APEC
  February 2006. Presentation by G. Gruere and M. Rosegrant given at the 5th Meeting of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology as part of the ministerial meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), February 26-27, 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
  (PDF 161K)
• Public GM Innovations, Safety Regulation, and ... Results?
  March 2005. Joel I. Cohen, John Komen, Patricia Zambrano.
  
  (PDF 150K)
• FANRPAN/IFPRI Regional Policy Dialogue on Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa
  April 2003.
  (PDF 291K)
• A Framework for Biosafety Implementation: Report of a Meeting
  2003. Edited by M. A. McLean, R. J. Frederick, P. Traynor, J.I. Cohen, J. Komen. Report of Meeting No. 16
  (PDF 491K)

• Integrated Confinement System for Genetically Engineered Plants
  2006. Mark E. Halsey.
  (PDF 734K)

• Biosafety Regulation of Genetically Modified Orphan Crops in Developing Countries: A Way Forward
  2006. Falck Zepeda, J., and J. Cohen. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. Julian Alston, David Zilberman, and Richard Just, eds. Springer Editors.
• Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa
  2005. Steven Were Omamo and Klaus von Grebmer (eds.) IFPRI Book.
  Related Issue Brief: (PDF 138K)

• Are developing country policies and investments promoting research and research partnerships in agricultural biotechnology?
  2007. Spielman, D.J., J.I. Cohen, and P. Zambrano. International Journal of Biotechnology 9(6): 509-529.
• Options for a rational dialogue on the acceptance of biotechnology
  2007. von Grebmer, K., and S.W. Omamo. Biotechnology Journal 2 (9): 1121-1128.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.200700069
• A Review of International Labeling Policies of Genetically Modified Food to Evaluate India's Proposed Rule
  2007. Gruère, Guillaume P., and S.R. Rao. AgBioForum, 10(1), 51-64.
• Risk Assessment and Management of Genetically Modified Organisms under Australia's Gene Technology Act: Considerations for Regulatory Development
  2006. N.A. Linacre, J. Falck-Zepeda, J. Komen, D. MacLaren. Asian Biotechnology and Development Review. 8(3):33-48.
• Coexistence, Genetically Modified Biotechnologies and Biosafety: Implications for Developing Countries
  2006. Falck- Zepeda, J. B. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88 (Number 5, 2006): 1200-1208.
• Strategic Environmental Assessments for Genetically Modified Organisms
  2006. Linacre, N.A., J. Gaskell, M.W. Rosegrant, J. Falck-Zepeda, H. Quemada, M. Halsey, and R. Birner. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. Vol 24. No.1. 35-43.
• An Overview of Regulation, Perceptions and Priorities for GM crops in Asian Countries
  2005. Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi, Reynaldo V. Ebora, Joel I. Cohen, Jose Falck-Zepeda, and Patricia Zambrano. Asian Biotechnology and Development Review 7(3): 9-24.
• Putting GM technologies to work: public research pipelines in selected African countries
  November 2004. Idah Sithole-Niang, Joel Cohen, and Patricia Zambrano. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 3 (11), pp. 564-571, November 2004
  (PDF 233K)

• Commercialization of Bt corn in the Philippines: a status report
  2007. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Amparo C. Ampil, Merle B. Palacpac, Carlo G. Custodio Jr. Asia-Pacific Consortium of Agricultural Biotechnology.
  (PDF 1.1M)

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