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Searching with a thematic focus on Technology and innovation in agriculture, Agriculture and food, Agricultural policy, Biotechnology and GMOs, Biotechnology and GMOs governance

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  Smallholder access to biotechnology: case of Rhizobium inocula in Kenya

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This paper explores the knowledge gap between science and production that the advent of biotechnology has made apparent in the smallholder agriculture.
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  Biotechnology for Africa?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper asks if Africa should embrace the biotechnology revolution, especially GM crops; and whether biotechnology can succeed in addressing challenges such as declining crops and yields, chronic hunger and recurrent food crises.The paper looks at the experience of GM crops in Africa, particularly in Kenya, and argues that in order to make biotechnology work for African agriculture, technolo
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  A biotech developmental state?: the Chinese experience

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This briefing paper looks at the achievements of, and the challenges to, biotechnology in China. In contrast to other countries, the state has determined the objectives and led the biotechnology process.
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  Intellectual property rights, biotechnology and development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  IPRs are claimed to provide a vital stimulus for trade, investment, innovation and technology transfer for development.
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  Can agricultural biotechnology be pro-poor?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Can new technologies in agricultural biotechnology really solve the problems of famine and hunger in the developing world?
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Agricultural biotechnology policy processes in China

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This paper explores the main features of policy and policy processes surrounding agricultural biotechnology in China, traces the emergence of the current situation historically, and identifies potential issues for subsequent research.Findings include:China considers agricultural biotechnology as a primary measure to improve its national food security, raise agricultural productivity, an
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  Rights and risk: challenging biotechnology policy in Zimbabwe

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper looks at how a rights based approach can be applied to biotechnology policy. Drawing on the experience of Zimbabwe and other countries in southern Africa, this paper argues that a risk based approach to biotechnology regulation creates an artificial divide between civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights.
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  Biotech firms, biotech politics: negotiating GMOs in India

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper explores the different corporate strategies of firms in the biotech and seed sectors and looks at how they have organised themselves to influence the policy process.The paper suggests the importance of looking at divisions within capital and the political alliances that firms form as a basis for understanding the ways in which policy choices are framed and decisions taken.
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  Seeds in a globalised world: agricultural biotechnology in Zimbabwe

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper looks at what biotechnology might mean for agricultural and food production systems in Zimbabwe and looks at some of the strategic questions that lie behind decisions to go the GM route in agriculture.Several factors are identified and discussed including:technology choiceissues of technology access and ownershipthe role of new farmers emerging as a result of land ref

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