Assessment of the environmental and agronomic appropriateness of Bt transgenic cotton in small-producer IPM systems in China

PROPOSAL: ICA4-2001-10069 ACRONYM COTRAN
AREA: FP5 - INCO2, 5/ Research for development Call number / date: -
PROJECT TYPE: Shared Cost EU CONTRIBUTION: 900000
STARTING DATE: 2001-12-01 DURATION: 36 months

Coordinator: Dr. D. Russell, Natural Resources International Ltd, -, Central Avenue, UK -ME4 4TB, Chatham, United Kingdom, Email: d.a.russell@gre.ac.uk

Project Description:
The project develops and demonstrates methods to enable regulatory authorities, extension system personnel and Chinese small-holder farmers, to evaluate the environmental, biological and social appropriateness of the use of genetically engineered cotton expressing an insecticide (Bt) toxin. It produces a risk assessment toolkit, product stewardship tools and assessment exercises for IPM training including in Farmer Field Schools, and advances the transgenic policy debate in China.

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Consortium:
Prime Contractor
Organisation: NATURAL RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Organisation Type: Research
Department: NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE
Address: Central Avenue
Postcode: ME4 4TB
City: CHATHAM
Region: SOUTH EAST (UK)
KENT
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Contact Person: Name: RUSSELL, Derek (Dr)
Tel: +44-1634-883319
Fax: +44-1634-883379
Email: d.a.russell@gre.ac.uk

Other Contractors
Organisation Name: CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - CIRAD
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: VASSAL, Jean-Michel (Dr)
Department: DEPARTEMENT AMELIORATION DES METHODES POUR L'INNOVATION SCIENTIFIQUE - AMIS
Address: Avenue Agropolis
BP 5035
City: MONTPELLIER
Region: MÉDITERRANÉE
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
Hérault
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 34032
Telephone: +33-4-67616559
Fax: +33-4-67617192
E-mail: jean-michel.vassal@cirad.fr

Organisation Name: DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: LOEVEI, Gabor (Dr)
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CROP PROTECTION
Address: Research Centre Flakkebjerg
City: SLAGELSE
Region: Vestsjællands amt
Org. Country: DENMARK
Postcode: 4200
Telephone: +45-58113300
Fax: +45-58113301
E-mail: gabor.lovei@agrsci.dk

Organisation Name: CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: WAN, Fang-Hao (Dr)
Department: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL INSTITUTE
Address: Zhong-Guan-Cun Nan-Da-Jie, Haidian District 12
City: BEIJING
Org. Country: CHINA
Postcode: 100081
Telephone: +86-10-68975279
Fax: +86-10-68975279
E-mail: bcicaas@public.bta.net.cn

Organisation Name: NATIONAL AGRO-TECHNICAL EXTENSION AND SERVICE CENTRE, P.R. CHINA
Organisation Type: Other
Contact Person: PIAO, Yongfan (Dr)
Address: Maizidian Street 20, Chaoyang Distric
City: BEIJING
Org. Country: CHINA
Postcode: 100026
Telephone: +86-10-64194517
Fax: +86-10-64194542
E-mail: piaoyf@beic.gov.cn

Organisation Name: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Organisation Type: Education
Contact Person: WU, Yidong (Professor)
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
COLLEGE OF PLANT PROTECTION
Address: Weigang 1
City: NANJING
Org. Country: CHINA
Postcode: 210095
Telephone: +86-25-4396062
Fax: +86-25-4431492
E-mail: wyd@njau.edu.cn

Organisation Name: CAB INTERNATIONAL
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: HILL, Garry (Dr)
Department: CABI BIOSCIENCES
Address: Bakeham Lane
City: EGHAM, SURREY
Region: SOUTH EAST (UK)
SURREY, EAST-WEST SUSSEX
Surrey
Org. Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Postcode: TW20 9TY
Telephone: +44-1491-829155
Fax: +44-1491-829123
E-mail: j.vos@cabi.org


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