International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is a non-profit international organization which promotes the acceptance and use of agricultural biotechnology worldwide. It is involved in several initiatives on technology transfer, knowledge sharing, capacity building, and impact assessment of transgenic crops.

International Presence

ISAAA operates three regional centers

• ISAAA SEAsiaCenter is hosted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. This center also serves as the Global Coordination Office as well as the home of Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC). . KC releases a weekly e-newsletter, the Crop Biotech Update (CBU), which features latest news about agricultural biotechnology. The CBU reaches more than 1 million subscribers all over the world.

• ISAAA AfriCenter is hosted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) located in Nairobi, Kenya......
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