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The Genetic Rights Foundation carries out research in the fields of agriculture, environment, and social and economic sectors. In so doing it aims to increase the awareness of citizens in terms of specialist aspects of biotechnology research and development and to transfer know-how for process and product innovation in the agro-food chain. Such research may also prove useful to develop platforms and models to manage biotechnological innovation.
In the pursuit of its objectives the Foundation works with a number of internal researchers as well as with an interdisciplinary and independent network of local and international researchers and research centres.
Within the scope of the Research Area the following projects have been launched:

	Agro-biotechnology observatory Scientific analysis of marketing authorisation applications for new OGM products submitted by companies operating in European Union members states. For more information (in Italian) please visit the project’s webpage: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/agrobiotech/
	PSx2 – Participatory science and Scientific participation A project financed by the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission and carried out by a network of scientists and associations from seven European countries. The aim of the project is to encourage public participation in scientific research. Fore more information (in Italian) please visit the project’s webpage: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/psx2
	Codex Alimentarius: something unknown in your plate Supporting Italian agro-food institutions during international meetings on agro-biotechnologies held at the Codex Alimentarius. For more information (in Italian) please click on the following link: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/fondazione/new/aricerca3.php
	Wheat and Wheat problems A research project on the impacts of the possible market introduction of transgenic wheat in terms of health, the environment, and society. This project is carried out with the collaboration of top universities and public research centres. Fore more information (in Italian) please visit the project’s webpage: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/grano/
	Vines and Life An observatory on the universe of biotechnology research applied to the viniculture sector, specifically addressing impacts on the environment, health and socio-economic systems. For more information (in Italian) please visit the project’s webpage http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/vitevita/
	GMOs and nutrition: an assessment of the direct effects on the host and on the gut flora Research carried out on rodents to study the possible permanence in the intestinal bowel of the modified DNA of transgenic maize. For more information (in Italian) please click on the following link: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/fondazione/new/aricerca6.php
	GMO-free Animal Feeds A project aimed at creating animal breeding chains that are free of transgenic organisms, with information and research work to build a supply plan of non-GM raw materials. For more information (in Italian) please click on the following link: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/fondazione/new/aricerca7.php
	Traceability of Transgenic organisms in the Agro-food sector Software for the traceability of products derived from GMOs, which addresses the question, “may the product I intend to import or check/analyse contain GMOs (whether accidentally or not)?”. It is intended for operators of the agro-food chain and research and control institutions. For more information (in Italian) please click on the following: http://www.fondazionedirittigenetici.org/fondazione/new/aricerca8.php