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  Policy space for Mexican maize: protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods

  Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007

  This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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  Farmers' rights in India: a case study

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  India is among the first countries in the world to have passed Farmers’ Rights and plant variety protection legislation. This study analyses the achievements, barriers and limitations of India’s approach so far.
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  Food security, agricultural efficiency and regional integration

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  Food security remains a major concern among the APEC member economies and achieving this goal means making food available at prices that all households can afford. With the rise of globalisation, the availability and affordability of food are common concerns for APEC countries, thus it is important for them to explore ways to promote cooperation on these issues.
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  Results from an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2005

  This background study presents the findings of an international stakeholder survey on farmers’ rights. The survey aims to facilitate a common understanding and develop an empirical basis for proposals to the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) on concrete measures to be taken to implement its provisions on this topic.
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  The future of Norway’s GSP system

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2005

  This report provides a comprehensive review of the Norwegian Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system, including options for change.The main recommendations from the report include:for manufacturing, tariffs should be reduced to zero on an MFN basis; i.e.
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  Structural change and market opening in agriculture: Turkey towards EU accession

  Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2004

  The purpose of this study is to identify major elements in the pre-accession period through a description of the agricultural environment in Turkey, together with the possible effects of accession on agriculture.
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  Building an international legal framework on animal genetic resources: can it help the drylands and food-insecure countries?

  Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung [German NGO Forum on Environment & Development], 2005

  This article discusses the case for an international treaty on animal genetic resources, confirming that one-third of the world’s livestock breeds are now endangered.
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  The impact of trade liberalization on agricultural biological diversity: domestic support measures and their effects on agricultural biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005

  This study provides an in-depth analysis of the potential implications for biodiversity of a reduction in and reform of agricultural support activities.
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  Imperfect labour mobility, urban unemployment and agricultural trade reform in Chile

  Banco Central de Chile / Central Bank of Chile, 2005

  Agricultural trade policy reform raises a number of concerns. First, the presence of significant rural-urban income divergence resulting in rural-urban migration caused faster urban population growth and the emergence of high levels of urban unemployment.
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  Agricultural trade reform and the Doha development agenda

  World Bank, 2005

  This working paper examines the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade reform over the next decade.

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