Title:	Embrapa Biosafety Project - BioSeg.
Authors:	CAPALBO, D. M. F. SAMPAIO, M. J. A. M.
Affiliation:	DEISE MARIA FONTANA CAPALBO, CNPMA; MARIA JOSE AMSTALDEN M SAMPAIO, SRI.
Date Issued:	2004
Citation:	In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE BIOSAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, 8.,2004, Montpellier, France. Anais...Montpellier, France: International Society for Biosafety Research, 2004. p.122-124.
Description:	Since the 90´s Brazil has been a hot pan of discussion over the potential benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms (GMO). Safety, competitiveness, development, intellectual property rights & public goods are issues being being discussed by scientists, industry proponents, NGO?s, Government and policy officials, and congressmen, to mention some. Within this scenario, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ? Embrapa ? recognized the need to contribute to the development of a genetically modified (GM) organisms, environmental risk assessment and food safety platform due to the urgency of in-country produced safety results and the importance of carefully designed research protocols that can meet the confidence standards by decision makers and the general public. In this direction, Embrapa approved a project ? BioSeg - to generate protocols and scientific information through the analysis of Embrapa?s developed GM-plants, which aim to contribute to a more constructive and interactive biosafety analysis, presenting data that refer explicitly to specific crops, genes, ecological settings and production systems.
Keywords:	Biosafety Project BioSeg
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPMA)