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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs

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  Whither biosafety?: in these days of Monsanto Laws, hope for real biosafety lies at the grassroots

  GRAIN, 2005

  This opinion article examines political processes surrounding the Biosafety Protocol.
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  African policy dialogues on biotechnology: background paper

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This background paper examines the positive and negative aspects of intellectual property rights (IPR) in agricultural biotechnologies with respect to the varying positions of different stakeholders.
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  Critical issues pertaining to the gender dimensions of biotechnology policy

  Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2003

  This paper surveys existing research on the varying impact of biotechnology on women and men in developing countries, focusing especially on agriculture, health, traditional/indigenous knowledge and biodiversity. In particular it asks how gender considerations can be taken into account in the development of biotechnology policy in the global South.
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  Who benefits from GM crops?: Monsanto and the corporate-driven genetically modified crop revolution (Executive summary)

  Friends of the Earth, 2006

  This report analyses the way in which GM crops have been introduced into our environment between 1996 and 2005.
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  Summary document of the FAO e-mail conference: "The role of biotechnology for the characterisation and conservation of crop, forest, animal and fishery genetic resources in developing countries"

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication summarises an FAO email conference on the characterisation and conservation of genetic resources of crops, forest trees, livestock and aquatic species, which took place from 6 June to 4 July 2005.
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  Intellectual property and biological resources: an overview of key issues and current debates.

  Wuppertal Institute, 2005

  This paper aims to provide a comprehensive background and overview of key issues, debates and positions related to the international regulation and application of intellectual property rights over biological resources. This includes biotechnology and the use and protection of the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities.
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  Sailing close to the wind: navigating the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005

  This briefing book looks in depth at some of the key issues being negotiated at the Hong Kong ministerial (2005). It includes fact sheets that provide a quick overview, and in-depth reports on some of the major controversies.
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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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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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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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