Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance

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The Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance (IMBA) funds the pro-GM journal AgBioForum. IMBA's purpose is "to fund biotechnology research... directed at expanding the volume of profitable businesses in the US food and agricultural sector".[1]

IMBA is has been funded by the USDA since the mid 1990s. It got its grant-funded status with the help of then Monsanto CEO, Richard Mahoney.[2]

Notes

  1. home page, IMBA website, acc 18 May 2010
  2. History, IMBA website, acc 18 May 2010