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

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    Biotechnology and the politics of regulation

    Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2001
    This paper aims to refine thinking about the politics of regulating crop biotechnologies. Firstly it explores the purposes regulation serves in commercial, as well as broader social and political terms, arguing that risk management, facilitating trade and generating public trust are three of its key functions.
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    Biotechnology and the policy process: Zimbabwe

    Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002
    This paper focuses on three areas of the biotechnology policy process. Firstly, it looks at the national policy framework, identifying key development and economic policies and in particular considering the implications of policy on food security and development.
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    Agricultural biotechnology and food security: Exploring the debate

    Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002
    This paper aims to explore the various dimensions of the debate over the extent to which agricultural biotechnology offers a solution to issues of food security. It begins by looking at the assumptions of the arguments made by various protagonists and situating historically the contemporary discussion of agricultural biotechnology in broader debates about food security.
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    CIPR final report: integrating intellectual property rights and development policy

    Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, 2002
    This, the final report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights set up by the UK government in 2001 and consisting of members representing a range of views on all aspects of IPRs.The Commission was asked to consider:how national IPR regimes could best be designed to benefit developing countries within the context of international agreements, including TRIPS;how the internat
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    Genetically modified crops in Africa: implications for small farmers

    GRAIN, 2002
    This briefing looks at the push to bring genetically modified (GM) crops and technologies to Africa and shows the implications for farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa. What will the introduction of GM crops mean for Africa and its small farmers in particular?
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    Intellectual property rights in African agriculture: implications for small farmers

    GRAIN, 2002
    This paper looks at the choice facing African policy-makers over which of two opposing models of agricultural R&D to choose to support. One is driven by multinational companies in the North and relies upon private monopolies and genetically modified crops.

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