Agricultural biodiversity
- Environmental payments: bane or boon?
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This paper develops a conceptual framework for analysing the conditions under which Payments for Ecogical Services (PES) programmes can help reduce poverty. It considers the impact of two types of PES programmes: programmes where lands are diverted from agricultural production to other land uses; and those where lands remain in agriculture but production activities are modified to achieve environmental objectives. The analysis concludes that there is a wide array of circumstances where PES can both promote environmental quality and reduce poverty.
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- Challenges associated with certification of sugarcane and soy
- ( A. Bebb / Friends of the Earth International , 2008)
- Are certification schemes handling the environmental and social problems caused by vast monocultures of sugarcane and soy? This research looks at the production of sugarcane and soy in the Mercosur co...
Coffee in Tanzania: key trends in sustainability standards
- ( E.,A. Lazaro;J. Makindara;F.,T.,M. Kilima / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
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One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countr...
- How can organic agriculture contribute towards climate change adaptation and mitigation?
- ( U. Niggli;H. Schmid;A. Fliessbach / International Trade Centre , 2007)
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Agriculture is affected by climate change but also contributes to it. As a sector, agriculture must therefore both adapt to changes and offers options for mitigation, such as reducing greenho...
Green Revolution 2.0 initiatives in Africa: the start of a corporate biotech boom?
- ( Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI , 2008)
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When the G8 meets in June 2008 in Germany they are expected to announce a new research agenda that will again propose scientific solutions to Africa’s social problems. This communiqué ...
- Regulating the trade of genetically modified foods
- ( P. S. Mehta / Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India , 2008)
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The need for international regulatory harmonisation for balancing global trade in biosafety and biotechnology products has been the focus of attention among various stakeholders both at the nationa...
- Could GM help address food security challenges in developing countries?
- ( J. C. Popelka;N. Terryn;T.J.V. Higgins / Elsevier Science , 2008)
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Grain legumes play a crucial role in the sustainability of agricultural systems and in food protein supply in developing countries. Several constraints that limit crop production or quality have be...
- Is biotechnology an effective and safe way to address global hunger?
- ( L. Orton / Open Democracy , 2003)
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This article counters the claim that biotechnology can address hunger in ways that are effective,
affordable and safe. Taking an article by Gordon Conway as a starting point, the author ... Challenging the official rhetoric: the Brazilian grassroots critique of agrofuels
- ( C. Moreno;A. Mittal / The Oakland Institute , 2008)
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Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global...
- What approaches can help rehabilitate degraded land?
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2008)
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Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 bil...
What policy approaches could minimise the impact of other sectors on forest biodiversity?
- ( I. Thompson;T. Christophersen / Convention on Biological Diversity , 2008)
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The pressures from sectors such as agriculture, mining, or energy on forest biodiversity require cross-sectoral approaches for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. This tool...
