The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Respondents Comments
received from organisations
ActionAid, UK
ADAS Consulting Ltd.
Agriculture Biotechnology Council, UK
The Biosciences Federation
British Society of Animal Science
CropLife International
EuropaBio, Plant Biotechnology Unit
Farmers Federation, India
Food Ethics Council, UK
Friends of the Earth: Real Food and Farming Campaign, UK
Gene Campaign, New Delhi, India
GeneWatch UK
Hylobates Consulting Srl, Italy
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India
Institute of Food Science & Technology Trust Fund, Technical & Legislative Committee
Institute of Horticulture, UK
ISAAA AfriCenter and the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF), Kenya
John Innes Centre, UK
Munlochy GM Vigil, UK
National Council of Women, UK
The Scientific Alliance, UK
The Royal Society, UK
Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology of the European Federation of Biotechnology
WARDA – The Africa Rice Centre
Comments received from individuals
Krishna Amirthalingam: Center for Rural Reconstruction through Social Action (CRESA), India
Jay Aronson: Program on Science, Tech. & Society, Harvard Univ., Kennedy School of Government, USA
Amit Basole: Graduate Student, Dept. of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, USA
Mauricio Bellon: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
Andrew Bennet: Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Judy Brander: Consumer ‘representative’ and scientist, UK
Mark Cantley: Council of Europe
Charles Clift: IPR unit, Department for International Development, UK (Head of Secretariat for CIPR)
Joel Cohen: Program for Biosafety Systems at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Netherlands
Nguyen Cong: Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam
Zephaniah Dhlamini: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Research and Technology Development Service (SDRR)
Abednego M. Dlamini: Head of Animal Prod. and Health Department, University of Swaziland
Dr Margarita Escaler: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), UK
Professor Gerhard Flachowsky and Dr Egbert Strobel, Institut für Tierernährung der FAL, Germany
Koshy George: The Resource Persons Group (TrG), India
Paul Goettlich, USA
Hector Gomez Vazquez: Independent scientific journalist, Mexico
Jonathan Gressel, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Michael Hughes
Professor Roger Hull: John Innes Centre, UK
Lee Ann Jackson: Centre for International Economic Studies, Adelaide University, Australia
Nick James, UK
Professor J Gwynfryn Jones, UK
Christopher King, UK
Rudolf Kirst: independent human rights researcher, UK
Dr Ulrich E Loening: Fellow and member of Board of Directors, Centre for Human Ecology, Edinburgh, UK
Linda Martin, UK
Wali-ul-Maroof Matin, Bangladesh
Tracey McCowen, Canada
Aloyce Simon Menda: Journalists’ Union For Science & Technology Advancement In Africa (JUSTA), Tanzania
Alejandro Mendez, Argentina
Dr P L Mitchell: Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, UK and
Dr J E Sheehy: International Rice Research Institute, Crop, Soil and Water Sciences Division, Philippines
Mehdi Naderi-Manesh: Associate Professor, Tarbiat modarres University, Iran
Nagib Nassar: Professor of genetics and plant breeding, Universidade de Brasilia
Dr Olusanya Olutogun: Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Baroness O’Neill: Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge and Chairman of Trustees, Nuffield Foundation
Helena Paul
David Petch
Professor T V Price: Head of Dept. of Agriculture, The University of Vudal, Papua New Guinea
Professor Dr Ingo Potrykus: Professor Emeritus, Switzerland
J David Reece: Egenis, ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter, UK
Carolyn Rogers, UK
Stephan le Roux: Student at the University of South Africa
Professor Alan Ryan: Chair, former Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party on GM crops, UK
Cordelia Salter-Nour, Ghana
Jørgen Schlundt: Director, Food Safety Department, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Jennifer Schmidt: Schmidt Farms, Inc., USA
Ian Scoones, Dominic Glover, James Keely, Peter Newell and Farhana Yamin: Environment Group, Institute
of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK
Rory Short, Zambia
Andrew Simms: Policy Director, New Economics Foundation, UK
Walter Simon
Nigel Simpson, UK
Tony Somera, USA
Geoffrey Stapleton
Jan van der Steen: retired agronomist, Portugal
Robert Tripp: Overseas Development Institute, UK
Robert Wager: Malaspina University College, Canada
Max Withers
Martin F Yriart, Spain