Briefs - ISAAA Publications. 1997. 1998. 1999. 1999 bis. 2000. 2001. 2002. 2003. 2003 bis. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2007. 2008. 2009. International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) is funded by Northern developers of GMOs, with the aim of helping developing countries in the South take up GM technology.
Funders past and present include Bayer CropScience, Monsanto, Syngenta, Pioneer Hi-Bred, the BBSRC, USDA, and USAID.[1][2] ISAAA's multi-million dollar budget is matched by high-profile board members, past and present, such as: Monsanto's Robert Fraley, Wally Beversdorf of Syngenta, and Gabrielle Persley, Executive Director of AusBiotech Alliance and advisor to the World Bank. ISAAA has no representatives, however, from farmer organizations in areas like Africa. Celeres Report on Biotechnology in Brazil - Crop Biotech Update (8/20/2010. Substantial growth in the adoption rate of biotech soybeans, corn and cotton in Brazil - this is the projection for the 2010/11 growing season based on the first survey on agribiotechnology in the country by Celeres, an agrobusiness consultancy group.
Highlights of the report estimate that: Farmers will plant 17.2 million hectares with GM soybean cultivars or 76.6% of the total harvested areaA total of 250,000 hectares will be planted to GM cottonSummer corn crop will reach a total cultivated area of 7.6 million hectares or 42% of the total area reserved for biotech cornTotal area harvested with biotech corn is expected to reach 7.1 million hectares or 55.6% of the total area For more details, email Anderson Galvao, chief editor of the report at agalvao@celeres.com.br.