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ACTIVITIES
Strategic Areas
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Improve dialogues with policy makers
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Greater stakeholders partnership
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Capacity building
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Greater public awareness
Major Activities
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Facilitate access to and transfer of proven biotechnologies backed by adequate biosafety, awareness and adoption measures.
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Public awareness and information sharing regarding benefits and concerns on biosafety issues of Genetically Modified Organisms.
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Ensure developing appropriate institutional mechanisms for testing and release of biotech products
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Create new public-private research partnerships.
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Convince national policy makers regarding potential benefits of agricultural biotechnology to the society
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Identify problem-solving research
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Capacity building through consultations, conferences, public fora and workshops
APCoAB Publications
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APCoAB brochure
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Brainstorming Session on Public-Private Partnership on Agricultural Biotechnology (link)
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Commercialization of Bt Corn in the Philippines
(Authors: Dr. Reynaldo Ebora, Ms Amparo Ampil, Ms Merle Palacpac and Mr Carlo Custodio) (link) -
Commercialization of Bt Cotton in India: A Status Report (link)
Future Publications
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Application of Conventional Biotechnology in Crop Improvement and Development: Case Studies on some regionally important crops – Potato, Sugarcane, Date palm, Oil palm, Taro, Orchids
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Manual on Biosafety, Regulatory Aspects
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Models on Public-Private Partnership in Agricultural Biotechnology: Case Studies.
Workshops Organized
APAARI-APCoAB have organized following workshops:
- “Enabling regulatory mechanism for release of transgenic crops.” Organized by Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), New Delhi, India, October 18, 2003 (Highlights already published).
- Brainstorming Session on “Enabling Regulatory Framework and Procedures for Promoting Agricultural Biotechnology in the Philippines. Organized by PCARRD, Philippines, November 19, 2003.
- Enabling Regulatory Framework and Procedures for Promoting Agricultural Biotechnology Developments in Thailand, organized by National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) & National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand, February 2004.
- Jointly organized the AVRDC/APAARI/APCoAB/ CIMBAA Workshop on ‘Public-Private Partnership in the Use of Agribiotechnology for Sustainable Solutions to Brassicas Pest Problems’ 10 February 2005 at Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- Brainstorming Session on ‘Public-Private Partnership in Agricultural Biotechnology’ held on 14 March, 2005 at NARS Complex, New Delhi.
- APCoAB as Facilitator in the High Level Policy Dialogue on “Biotechnology for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: Opportunities and Challenges” jointly organized by FAO, APAARI, GFAR, 7-9 November 2005, at Bangkok.
Other Activities
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Capacity building: participation of three scientists (2 from Thailand and 1 from India) in training on Molecular Assisted Selection organized by JIRCAS, Japan.
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Collaboration with INCANA in promoting research on hybrid cotton and Bt cotton
