GM Approval Database – ISAAA
Resource Type:
Database
Source:
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)
Source Type:
NGO
Source Geography:
Global
Description
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) hosts an easy-to-use database of biotech/GM crop approvals for public use that features the biotech/GM crop events that have been approved for commercialization/planting and importation (food and feed). Entries in the database represent the majority of the GM crop events approved worldwide, based on publicly available English (and translatable) decision documents of each approving country, Biosafety Clearing House of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and peer-reviewed scholarly articles. In using the database, please note that the approval of GM crops vary from country to country but all regulations are based on the same objective that each GM crop is safe for human or animal health and the environment. The database also includes discontinued events for recording purposes.
ISAAA is a not-for-profit international organization that shares the benefits of new bioscience technologies to key stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries, through knowledge sharing, support to capacity building initiatives, and partnerships.