Strategy to enhance Public Trust and Confidence in Agricultural Biotechnology  

1. Participation of the stakeholders in formulating the research agenda in agricultural biotechnology so as to ensure a proper match between needs at the field level and research priorities.  
     

2.  Assessing the potential and socio-economic benefits of products from agricultural biotechnologies vis-à-vis other available alternatives for specific objectives (for example, biofortification; biotic stress resistance etc.) in the context of the regional and national values, ethics and concerns  
     

3. Development of biotechnological products that directly help the farmers environment and the society  
     

4. Facilitating reliable and independent assessment of socio-economic impacts of agro-biotechnological products  
     

5. Public opinion-based periodic improvisation of the existing biosafety system to enhance transparency, efficiency and trust  
     

6. nvestment in training effective spokespersons, particularly transfer-of-technology and extension personnel and public relation officials of various organizations on agricultural biotechnology applications and biosafety aspects  
     

7. Capitalizing on the inter-ministerial and inter-organizational capabilities to form an information network to promote agricultural biotechnology, wherever the will in our country’s interest  
     

8. Pre-breeding to generate novel genetic combinations at Advanced Research Centres, coupled with participatory breeding with farming families will help to de-mystify new technologies and make farm women and men effective partners in biotechnological research.