Biotechnology
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- GM crops: is it a pro-poor technology?
- ( D. Glover (ed) / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2009)
- Many people and organisations have sought to promote genetically modified (GM) crops as a ‘pro-poor’ technology; however, developing-country farmers’ experiences with GM crops have b...
- Is Africa ready for genetically modified organisms?
- ( A. Mittal (ed);M. Moore (ed) / The Oakland Institute , 2007)
- Chronic hunger affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide but it is deeply entrenched in Africa. This crisis has raised major questions about industrial agriculture and how best to address the n...
- Genetically-modified crops: potential benefits and risks
- ( N. Makoni;J. Mohamed-Katerere;M. Chenje / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2009)
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This paper explores the debates around Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and food security and the challenge for policymakers on how to respond to the uncertainty about the relative opportunitie...
- Can the private sector deliver an effective extension system?
- ( D. Glover / Participation abstracts and document collection, IDS , 2007)
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This article examines how private sector organisations are increasingly becoming important players in the provision of agricultural extension services, as well as crop research, in the global South...
- Mobilising against GM crops: any role for knowledge and politics?
- ( I. Scoones / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2005)
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This paper looks at how knowledge is deployed and science constructed in different spaces of engagement activists use in campaigning against GM crops in India, South Africa and Brazil. It highlight...
- Biotechnology and political economy: do they match?
- ( P. Newell;J. Martin / Cambridge University , 2009)
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This paper examines relations between the state and capital in Argentina with respect to agricultural biotechnology. Argentina is one of the world's leading exporters of genetically modified (GM) c...
- GM a solution to the food crisis?
- ( A. Ely / Science and Technology Policy Research, Sussex , 2008)
- Transgenic crops are being put forward as a solution to the food crisis. The controversies that dogged their introduction, at least in Europe, are being dismissed as dangerous distractions. ...
- Is food safety policy an obstacle or driver of GM uptake?
- ( E. Millstone (ed) / Science and Technology Policy Research, Sussex , 2006)
- The politics of food safety is a highly contested field. Not only are there disputes about the safety and acceptability of particular products and processes, there are also disputes about how food saf...
- Is GM a solution to hunger?
- ( I Scoones (ed) / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2006)
- With growing populations and declines in yield growth of basic food crops in the post-Green...
- Does technological culture influence acceptance of GM?
- ( E. Shah (ed) / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2005)
- While experts and activists question genetically engineered seed technology in the name of farmers’ interests and a greater democratic future, farmers themselves are voting with their feet in it...
