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Searching with a thematic focus on Technology and innovation in agriculture, Agriculture and food, Agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management, Biotechnology and GMOs

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  Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh: a three-year assessment

  Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India, 2005

  This paper investigates the case of GM (Genetically Modified) Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is based on a three-year assessment of farmers' engagement with Bt cotton, examining the economics of its adoption, and the resultant difficulties faced by farmers.
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  Summary document of the FAO e-mail conference: public participation in decision-making regarding GMOs in developing countries: how to effectively involve rural people

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  Although the production and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could impact on socio-cultural systems of rural populations in developing countries, rural people are usually far removed from important decision-making processes. This issue was discussed at an FAO email conference held from 17 January to 13 February 2005.
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  GM crops in India: why open Pandora’s Box?

  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2004

  This paper provides a critical review of a recently published report from the "Task Force on Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture" (see seperate record) headed by Dr. M.S.
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  Implications of genetically modified food technology policies for Sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2004

  The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase farmer profitability through cost reductions or higher yields.
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  Poorer nations turn to publicly developed GM crops

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This paper presents the results of a study that explored the current state of research, regulation, genetic resources and institutional roles in developing GM crops.
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  The demand for crop genetic resources from international collections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  While acknowledging the significance of historical patterns, this study provides a snapshot of recent flows of genetic resources in agriculture, enabled through the centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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  The new bioeconomy: industrial and environmental biotechnology in developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001

  This paper discusses some of the most important features of the emergence of industrial and environmental biotechnology as a growing segment of the new bioeconomy.Conclusions of the paper include:the wider adoption of these technologies will depend largely on the extent to which global economic governance provides adequate space for the emerging technologiesthe importance of a more
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  Voices from the south: the third world debunks corporate myths on genetically engineered crops

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2003

  This paper discusses the common myths regarding genetically engineered crops, from a southern perspective.
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  Globalisation and the international governance of modern biotechnology: the international regulation of modern biotechnology

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper discusses the issues surrounding the international governance and regulation of modern biotechnology.Principal conclusions of the paper include:the disciplines imposed by the relevant WTO Agreements underpin and shape the biotech regulation debate both internationally and nationallythere remains a degree of uncertainty and unpredictability regarding the scope for countrie
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  Can GM-technologies help the poor?: the impact of Bt Cotton in Makhathini Flats and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  GRAIN, 2003

  This paper reports on a two-year survey of one hundred smallholder farmers in South Africa who adopted Bt cotton, from 1999-2000.The results of the survey include:higher cotton yields and lower chemical costs outweighed higher Bt cotton seed costs, giving higher gross marginsonce labour savings are taken into account, the Bt cotton adopters were considerably more efficient than thos

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