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There are several Web sites that provide visitors with access to a comprehensive database of credible, scientific biotechnology research or studies on genetically modified (GM) crops. These published papers and reviews cover numerous topics including agronomics, coexistence, developing countries, the environment, safety and health, and socio-economic impacts.

AgBioForum: The Journal of Agrobiotechnology Management and Economics
CropLife International: Database of the Benefits and Safety of Biotechnology

Following are links to published biotechnology research specifically referenced on the Conversations about Plant Biotechnology Web site.

Abdalla, A., Berry, P., Connell, P., Tran, Q.T., & Buetre, B. (2003). Agricultural Biotechnology: Potential for Use in Developing Countries.
AgBioWorld (2005). Scientists in Support of Agricultural Biotechnology.
Bennett, R.M., Ismael, Y., Kambhampati, U., & Morse, S. (2004). Economic Impact of Genetically Modified Cotton in India.
Bidstrup, J. (2006). 10 Years of GM Cotton — Where to from Here?
Brookes, G. and Barfoot, P. (2006). ISAAA Brief 36: GM Crops: The First Ten Years — Global Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts.
Brookes, G., and Barfoot, P. (2005). GM Crops: The Global Economic and Environmental Impact — The First Nine Years 1996 -2004.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (2006). Summary Tables of Confined Field Trials for Spring 2006.
Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants, National Research Council (2000). Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation.
Conservation Technology Information Center (2002). Conservation Tillage and Plant Biotechnology: How New Technologies Can Improve the Environment by Reducing the Need to Plow.
Fitt, G. (2003). Deployment and Impact of Transgenic Bt Cotton in Australia. In N.G. Kalaitzandonakes (Ed.), The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech (pp. 141-164). New York: Kluwer.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2006). The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2006.
Hossain, et al. (2004). Genetically Modified Cotton and Farmers’ Health in China. International Journal of Environmental Health, 10 , 296-303.
Huang, J., et al. (2003). Five Years of Bt Cotton in China: The Benefits Continue. The Plant Journal, 31 (4), 423-430.
Institute of Food Technologists (2000). Human Food Safety Evaluation of rDNA Biotechnolgy-Derived Foods.
International Food Information Council (2005). U.S. Consumer Attitudes Toward Food Biotechnology
Ismael, Y., Bennett, R. & Morse, S. (2002). Benefits from Bt Cotton Use by Smallholder Farmers in South Africa.
James, C. (2008). ISAAA Briefs No. 37-2007: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech / GM Crops: 2007.
James, C. (2007). ISAAA Briefs No. 35-2006: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2006.
James, C. (2006). ISAAA Briefs No. 34-2005: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2005.
Junne, G. Biotechnology: The Impact on Food and Nutrition in Developing Countries.
Kovach, J., Petzoldt, C., Degni, J., & Tette, J. A Method to Measure the Environmental Impact of Pesticides. Nature Biotechnology, 22, 379-380.
McGloughlin, M. (1999). Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World.
The Millennium Project (2006). Fast Facts: The Faces of Poverty.
Morse, S., Bennett, R., & Ismael, Y. (2004). Why Bt Cotton Pays for Small-Scale Producers in South Africa.
Qaim, M. (2003). Bt Cotton in India: Field Trial Results and Economic Projections. World Development. 31 (12), 2115-2127.
Raney, T. (2006). Economic Impact of Transgenic Crops in Developing Countries. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2006, 17:1-5.
Rice, M.E. (2004). Transgenic Rootworm Corn: Assessing Potential Agronomic, Economic and Environmental Benefits. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2004-0301-01-RV.
Runge, C.F. & Ryan, B. (2004). The Global Diffusion of Plant Biotechnology: International Adoption and Research in 2004. University of Minnesota Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy.
Sankula, S., Marmon, G., & Blumenthal, E. (2005). Biotechnology-Derived Crops Planted in 2004 — Impacts on U.S. Agriculture.
Traxler, G., & Godoy-Avila, S. (2004). Transgenic Cotton in Mexico. AgBioForum, 7(1&2), 57-62.
Truth about Trade (2006). Counting Up! Biotech Farming Around the World.
United Kingdom Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (2006).
U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates.
USDA-ERS. (2005).