Here is a list of good resources on biotechnology in agriculture. It is not exhaustive, but whenever we find an accessible, useful, and above-all factual resource, we will add it to this list.
- Books
- Organizations:
- Organizations that generally advocate for biotechnology
- Sense About Science is an independent charitable trust promoting good science and evidence in public debates. Check out their section on Making Sense of GM.
- PIPRA (Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture) supports agricultural innovation for both humanitarian and small-scale commercial purposes by bringing together intellectual property from a number of sources and making this technology available to innovators around the world.
- Organizations that advocate against biotechnology
- The Nature Institute advocates a holistic approach to science and favors the precautionary principle when it comes to biotechnology. Their Unintended Effects of Genetic Manipulation section includes summaries of mostly peer-reviewed articles.
- Organizations that generally advocate for biotechnology
- Online Resources:
- UC Davis’s Seed Biotechnology Center has a series of peer reviewed papers on Agricultural Biotechnology in California.
- Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects, by the National Academies Press. The full book is available online and is an excellent resource, especially chapter three.
- Blogs
- Author Blogs
- Genetic Maize
- GMO Pundit
- The Inoculated Mind
- Tomorrow’s Table
- Pro genetic engineering blogs (including industry blogs)
- AgBiotech@Bio
- GMO Ireland
- Malaysia4Biotech
- Monsanto According to Monsanto
- Author Blogs
- Scientific Journals
- Nature
- Nature Biotechnology
- Public Library of Science
- Science
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