The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is one of the 15 regional centers of excellence of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO). Founded on 27 November 1966, SEARCA is mandated to strengthen institutional capacities in agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia through graduate education, short-term training, research, and knowledge exchange. It serves the 11 SEAMEO member countries, namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and most recently Timor-Leste. SEARCA is hosted by the Government of the Philippines on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños in Los Banos, Laguna.

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is a not-for-profit international organization that shares the benefits of crop biotechnology to various stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries, through knowledge sharing initiatives and the transfer and delivery of proprietary biotechnology applications. ISAAA’s global knowledge sharing network and public and private sector partnerships in the research and development continuum, provide a powerful combination of science-based information and appropriate technology to those who need to make informed decisions about their acceptance and use. In addition, an array of support services completes the holistic approach to agricultural development and ensures effective implementation and timely delivery of crop biotechnologies. These services include capacity building for policy makers and scientists; regulatory oversight on such issues as biosafety and food safety; and impact assessment.

The Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) is an IFPRI-managed program that supports our partner countries in Africa and Asia in the responsible development and safe use of agricultural biotechnology. PBS effectively addresses biosafety through an integrated program of research, capacity development, and outreach. PBS is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSP II), which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Cornell University, aims to provide substantial benefits from agricultural biotechnology to countries in East and West Africa, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The ABSP II Southeast Asia Center is spearheading efforts to develop and commercialize biotechnology products from public research so that these can reach the Southeast Asian market. The Institute of Plant Breeding at the University of the Philippines Los Banos is the Southeast Asian Regional Coordination Center for ABSP II. It oversees project activities in the Philippines and Indonesia. The regional center in Southeast Asia collaborates with three regional centers located in East Africa, West Africa, and South Asia, and with other institutions in the north. Through synergistic partnerships, the needs and strengths of the various programs, including manpower, resources, and facilities, are matched; productive research and development (R&D) are pursued; and access to biological materials is maximized. Collaborations also hasten the development and effective delivery of both information and products from the research laboratory to farmers and other stakeholders.

The Biotechnology and Biosafety Information Centre responds to specific information needs, promote and advance a broader public understanding of crop biotechnology and monitors the local agri-biotech environment in Thailand.

In 1999, Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Agriculture together with six other faculties of agricultural sciences and related disciplines, from five universities embarked upon a joint program to revamp their current activities in the field of post-graduate research and education in agricultural biotechnology. To this end, they established a consortium, The Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, to enhance post-graduate study and to promote collaborative research in plant and animal biotechnology and agricultural environment.

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a nonprofit, non-political organization that does innovative agricultural research and capacity building for sustainable development with a wide array of partners across the globe. ICRISAT's mission is to help empower 600 million poor people to overcome hunger, poverty and a degraded environment in the dry tropics through better agriculture. ICRISAT belongs to the Alliance of Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator has been established within the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to provide administrative support to the Gene Technology Regulator in the performance of his functions under the Gene Technology Act 2000.

The Gene Technology Act 2000, which came into force on 21 June 2001, introduces a national scheme for the regulation of genetically modified organisms in Australia, in order to protect the health and safety of Australians and the Australian environment by identifying risks posed by or as a result of gene technology, and by managing those risks through regulating certain dealings with genetically modified organisms.

The Asia BioBusiness Pte Ltd is a multi-functional consulting company working in biotechnology, including biomedical sciences, agricultural and environmental/industrial biotechnology (red, green and white biotechnologies). Leveraging on its broad expertise and extensive network in the public and private sectors, it has helped advance the biotechnology agendas of MNCs, SMEs, governments, development agencies, development banks, industry organizations, and NGOs etc. It has considerable expertise at the public/private sector interface, working with public sector institutions to commercialize intellectual property. Our global projects have included:- sector analysis and strategy planning, partnering, market research and analysis, regulatory advice and positioning, issue management, IP audits and idea creation for value addition.