Dr. Khondoker M Nasiuddin National Coordinator, ISAAA ----------------------------------------- Professor & Head Department of Biotechnology Bangladesh.

Dr. Khondoker M NasiuddinNational Coordinator, ISAAA-----------------------------------------

Professor & HeadDepartment of Biotechnology

Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityMymensingh- 2202

BdBIC Activities 2010

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

TNX

BdBIC

Developed & Translated

Materials

TNXField Visit= 8Interview= 11

BIC Speaker= 14BIC Participated= 28Planned Activities= 9CBU Submission= 27

CBU Subscriber= 117623

Bangladesh Biotechnology Information CentreDepartment of Biotechnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University

1. Translation of weekly Crop Biotech Update (CBU) in Bangla and circulate to the relevant group mails and BdBIC mailing lists

2. Enriching mailing list up to 25,000-40,000 with profile.

3. Articles for CBU – will send minimum 36

4. Development of BdBIC publications and translation/printing of ISAAA publications

5. Regular enriching of the groupmails connectivity:

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

6. Maintaining and strengthening the website www.bdbic.com

7. Maintaining the office and interacting people for publicity

8. Distributing of ISAAA and BdBIC printed materials

9. Meeting journalists, talk in interview and encourage for publishing Biotech related articles regularity in print and electronic media

10. ISAAA Brief- translation, printing (5,000 copies), distribution and seminar arrangement at National Press Club and public Institutes

11. Publishing hard and internet versions of Agribiotech Magazine BIOPHARMING in Bangla

12. Others: when necessary and as assigned by ISAAA

Regular Ongoing Programs of BdBIC for 2011

TNXMonth Activities Purposes Impacts Deliverables

January Biotech Communication & writing training for Science journalists and students

Equip the science journalists and students for precision writing

Development of strong facts based science journalists and professionals

Quality articles in print & electronic media

February Global Status of Commercial Biotech Crops 2010: ISAAA Brief celebration- Press Conference

Biotech adoption status dissemination

Journalists & other Stakeholders will know the global biotech facts

Factual articles in mass media on biotech impression

April Seminar for policy planners on global biotech applications and our role

Awareness and experience on biotech facts

Convincing policy planners

Decision for biotech adoption

June Workshop on Public-Private partnership in biotech promotion

Experience and resources sharing activities

Interaction among the biotech sectors

Enhanced R&D on Biotech

August Workshop for Extension personnel and elite farmers on biotech crop adoption

Educate the Extension officials and Farmers on Biotech

Facts based approach to farmers

Accelerated Diffusion and Adoption of Biotech crops

October Training for junior students and their teachers & parents on DNA and Biotech crop

Students, Teachers, parents will understand the facts at a time through discussion and visualization

Effective dissemination and confidence in decision making in future

Development of professional biotech promoters

December Private Biotech lab and field visit by science journalists and students

Seeing is believing- knowledge enrichment

Practical knowledge on biotech and its country status

Factual experienced article in the Mass media

BdBIC Program 2011

Biotech Crops in Bangladesh------------------------------------------------- Regulatory and Enabling Mechanism

GM CROPS IMPROVEMENT IN BANGLADESHGM CROPS IMPROVEMENT IN BANGLADESH

1. SALINITY RESISTANT RICEBRRI, BINA, DU

2. SALINITY AND DROUGHT RESISTANT POTATO BAU

3. SALINITY AND DROUGHT RESISTANT SUGARCANEBSRI

4. LEAF BLIGHT AND LEAF STREAK RESISTANT RICEBAU

5. HORTICULTURAL CROPSBARI

GM CROPS INTRODUCTION IN BANGLADESHGM CROPS INTRODUCTION IN BANGLADESH

1. GOLDEN RICEIntroduced in 2005, glasshouse trial

2. BT BRINJALIntroduced in 2006, glasshouse trial, MLTs 2 yrs (2008, 09)

3. RB POTATOIntroduced in 2006, glasshouse trial

4. PRSV PAPAYAReceived biosafety and regulatory approval for introduction

Administrative Setup1. National Task Force on Biotechnology of Bangladesh (NTBB)

Chair- Prime Minster2. National Executive Committee on Biotechnology (NECB)

Chair- Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister3. National Technical Committee on Biotechnology (NTCB)

- Plant Biotechnology - Animal and Fisheries Biotechnology- Medical Biotechnology- Industrial Biotechnology- Environmental Biotechnology- Biosafety & Biodiversity - IPR and Patent

Biosafety Core CommitteeField Level Biosafety CommitteeInstitutional Biosafety CommitteeInstitutional Biosafety Officer

Party To Cartegena Protocol National Biotechnology Guidelines

- Plant Biotechnology - Animal and Fisheries Biotechnology- Medical Biotechnology- Industrial Biotechnology- Environmental Biotechnology- Biosafety & Biodiversity - IPR and Patent

National Biosafety ProtocolNational Biosafety FrameworkNational Biosafety PolicyNational Crops and Forest Biotechnology Policy GuidelineNational Biotechnology PolicyBangladesh Biosafety Rules 2010National Biosafety RegulationStandard Operating System (GMO)

BIOPATENT OF GM CROPSBIOPATENT OF GM CROPS

1. Research Institutes/NGOs/Farmers’- for source variety

2. Gene and it’s components of cassette

3. Developer of GM

Golden Rice- IRRI and BRRI jointly developed using BR29 and given to Bangladesh ROYALTY FREE

Bt Brinjal- Mahyco-Monsanto and BARI jointly developed using 9 Bangladeshi Brinjal and given to Bangladesh ROYALTY FREE

Rb Potato- US University and BARI jointly developed and given to Bangladesh ROYALTY FREE