Contents: Brief 1. Overview / Gabrielle J. Persley and John J. Doyle — Brief 2. Biotechnology and food and nutrition needs / Richard Flavell — Brief 3. Biotechnology and animal vaccines / W. Ivan Morrison — Brief 4. The role of the private sector / Clive James and Anatole Krattiger — Brief 5. Disentangling risk issues / Klaus M. Leisinger — Brief 6. Safe use of biotechnology / Calestous Juma and Aarti Gupta — Brief 7. Intellectual property protection / John H. Barton — Brief 8. Research policy and management issues / Joel I. Cohen, Cesar Falconi, and John Komen — Brief 9. Developing appropriate policies / Per Pinstrup-Andersen [IFPRI staff] — Brief 10. Letter to a minister / Gabrielle J. Persley.