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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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    Bt Cotton and small-scale farmers in Makhathini, South Africa: a story of debt, dependency, and dicey economics

    GRAIN, 2004
    This paper discusses the issues surrounding the adoption of Bt cotton in Makhathini, South Africa.
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    Benefits from Bt Cotton use by smallholder farmers in South Africa

    AgBioForum, 2001
    This paper describes the results of research conducted in the Makhathini region, Kwazulu Natal, Republic of South Africa, designed to explore the economic benefits of the adoption of Bt cotton for smallholders.The paper highlights the following points:Bt cotton had higher yields than non-Bt varieties and generated greater revenueseed costs for Bt cotton were double those of non-Bt,
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    Bt cotton: benefits for poor farmers?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This paper questions whether, on the basis of a few favourable studies and a few years' experience, Bt cotton (cotton genetically engineered to express the insecticidal toxin Bacillus Thuringiensis) can be relied upon to produce benefits for poor farmers.The paper identifies a number of implications:the positive results shown by Bt cotton in the first few years are likely to be highly c
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    The adoption and impact of agricultural biotechnology innovations in South Africa

    Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2002
    South Africa is one of the few developing countries and probably the only one in Africa that has adopted some new biotechnology inputs, largely maize and cotton seeds, but what research is being performed to investigate the effects?
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    BT cotton in South Africa: adoption and the impact on farm incomes amongst small-scale and large scale farmers

    Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2002
    South Africa is one of few developing countries, and the only one in Africa that has adopted genetically modified crops for commercial production, so why has this policy been pursued, and with what effects?
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    Agricultural biotechnology and the poor: conference proceedings

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 1999
    Proceedings of conference held in October 1999 and convened by CGIAR and the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS)Topic of papers includeCountry studies: China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Egypt, Iran Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, ZimbabweControlling Environmental RisksMinimizing Health RisksMinimizing Social RisksEthics and Biotechnology
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    Plant variety protection to feed Africa?: Rhetoric versus reality

    GRAIN, 1999
    The Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) claim the introduction of plant variety protection (a form of patent law) will contribute to food security, sustainable agriculture, and the protection of the environment and of biodiversity.

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