Donor Support Groups

ISAAA has been principally sponsored by philanthropic foundations, and cosponsored by a donor support group consisting of public and private institutions. Donors commit funds on a fixed-term basis, which ensures transparency and accountability by subjecting ISAAA’s program under regular and rigorous peer review by donors.

Partners and Donors

  • African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)
  • African Union NEPAD
  • Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA) of COMESA
  • Alliance for Science - Cornell University
  • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
  • BASF Corporation
  • Bayer Kenya - Crop Science
  • Biosafety South Africa
  • Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA-ILRI Hub)
  • Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines
  • Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN)
  • Corteva Agriscience
  • CropLife Asia
  • CropLife International
  • CropLife Philippines
  • Department of Agriculture, Philippines
  • Department of Agriculture, Plant Biotech Center, Myanmar
  • Department of Agriculture, Myanmar
  • Department of Planning, Myanmar
  • Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
  • Emerging Ag
  • Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Nigeria
  • FuturaGene
  • ILSI Research Foundation
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
  • IPBO – Ghent University
  • J.R. Simplot Company
  • Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO)
  • Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS)
  • Kenyatta University
  • Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited (Mahyco)
  • Michigan State University (MSU)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Kenya
  • Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives Kenya
  • Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia
  • Monash University Malaysia
  • National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda
  • National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)
  • National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (DOST NCBP)
  • National Curriculum Development Center, Uganda
  • Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD)
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred RSA (PTY) Ltd
  • Program for Biosafety Systems of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • Ram and Rashmi Charitable Foundation of the St. Louis Community
  • Rautaki Solutions Pty Ltd
  • Science Development for Livelihoods (SCIFODE), Uganda
  • Science for Democracy
  • Society of Crop Agribusiness Advisors of Kenya (SOCAA)
  • Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
  • The African Seed Trade Association
  • The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
  • Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST), Uganda
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • UPLB Foundation, Inc.
  • VIB-International Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO)

Patrons

  • Norman Borlaug (First Founding Patron)
  • Richard B. Flavell (USA)
  • Dafang Huang (China)
  • Jiro Kondo (Japan)
  • Gabrielle J. Persley (Australia/UK)
  • M.S. Swaminathan (India)
  • Marc vanMontagu (Belgium)