The mission of the ISAAA is to “contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing crop productivity and income generation, particularly for resource-poor farmers, and to bring about a safer environment and more sustainable agricultural development.”

ISAAA is funded by a donor support group consisting of public and private sector institutions. (http://www.isaaa.org/default.html; accessed 03/5/08) It has published reports that support genetically engineered agriculture and describe its growing popularity in the developing world. (http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=66; accessed 03/06/08)

List of Donors Includes:

• ACIAR, Australia
• AgrEvo, Germany
• Bayer CropScience, Germany
• CropLife Asia
• CropLife International
• DuPont, USA
• Hitachi Foundation, Japan/USA
• Monsanto Company, USA
• Monsanto Fund, USA
• Nestle, Switzerland
• Novartis Seeds, Switzerland
• PCARRD-DOST, Philippines
• Pioneer Hi-Bred International, USA
• SEAMEO SEARCA, Philippines
• Syngenta, Switzerland
• The Rabobank, the Netherlands
• US Grains Council, USA