INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF AGRI-BIOTECH APPL INC
EIN 52-1740743 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security (Q310)
What they do
FOOD, FEED, FIBER, and FUEL for THE WORLDS 800 MILLION PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM HUNGER and POVERTY - THIS is THE FORMIDABLE TASK for MANY COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, and OTHER INTEREST GROUPS. of THE MANY STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORWARDED to ADDRESS THE ISSUES of GLOBAL POVERTY and ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY is SEEN AS A VIABLE CONTRIBUTION to THE SOLUTION. AS EARLY AS 1991, THE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE for THE ACQUISITION of AGRI-BIOTECH APPLICATIONS (ISAAA) SAW THE POTENTIAL of CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY to IMPROVE THE LIVES of SMALL-SCALE FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. BY FACILITATING THE TRANSFER of TECHNOLOGIES to DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, and BY SHARING and DISSEMINATING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE to THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, ISAAA HAS ESTABLISHED ITS ROLE and CONTRIBUTION IN WORLD EFFORTS to HELP ACHIEVE AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY and DEVELOPMENT.
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MARGARET KAREMBUDIRECTOR
RHODORA ALDEMITADIRECTOR
MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANANISAAA GLOBAL COORDINATOR
ANDERSON GALVAO GOMESMEMBER
JACK BOBODIRECTOR
JENNIFER THOMSONVICE CHAIR
JONATHAN DALLAS GEORGE JONESMEMBER
PAUL S TENGCHAIR
RONALD L PHILLIPSMEMBER
W RONNIE COFFMANSECRETARY
WALLACE BEVERSDORFTREASURER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- July 1994
- Location
- B75 MANN LIBRARY CO IPCALS, ITHACA, NY 14853
- County
- Tompkins
- In care of
- W RONNIE COFFMAN
- Primary officer
- W RONNIE COFFMAN, SECRETARY
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2021
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2021
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- SCIARABBA WALKER & CO LLP
- NTEE classification
- International, Foreign Affairs & National Security (Q310)
- IRS tax category
- Human Rights Organizations
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2025