Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II
Supporting agricultural development through biotechnology
Consortium Partners
Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Cornell University, CALS International Programs, ABSPII is implemented by a consortium of public and private institutions:
US Public Institutions
- Cornell Research Foundation (CRF)
- Cornell University: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Michigan State University
- Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS), USAID
- University of California, Davis
- University of Wisconsin (UW) - Biotechnology Center
- Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech)
National and Regional Partners
- Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA)
- Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
- Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)
- Bogor Agricultural University (BAU), Indonesia
- Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), India
- Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), India
- Crops Research Insitute (CRI), Ghana
- Department of Agriculture - Policy, Planning and Research; Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR); Biotechnology Project Implementation Unit (DA Biotech-PIU), Philippines
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India
- Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD)
- Directorate of Rice Research (DRR), India
- Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), Varanasi
- Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
- Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development (ICABIOGRAD)
- Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute (IVEGRI)
- Institut d'Economie Rurale (IER), Mali
- Institut du Sahel (INSAH)
- Institut d'Etudes Environnementales et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso
- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Benin (INRAB)
- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)
- Institut Togolais de Recherche Agricole (ITRA), Togo
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
- Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (MAHYCO) (India)
- Monsanto
- National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda
- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Research (NPBGR), India
- Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
- Research Institute for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources, Indonesia
- Sathguru Management Consultants (SMS) (India)
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), India
- University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS-D), India
- University of Leeds, UK
- University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB)- Chancellor's Office and Institute of Plant Breeding
- Western and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF)
CGIAR Center and Other International Institutions
- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), India
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- International Potato Late Blight Testing Program (PICTIPAPA), Mexico
- International Potato Research Center (CIP), Peru
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
- Venganza Inc., USA
- World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)
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