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  Genetically modified crops: a decade of failure

  Friends of the Earth, 2004

  This report discusses the impacts of genetically modified crops in relation to agricultural productivity, ten years on from when they were first commercially introduced in the United States of America.Highlights of the report include:contrary to the promises made by biotech companies, the reality of the last ten years of commercialisation shows that the safety of GM crops cannot be ensu
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  The new bioeconomy: industrial and environmental biotechnology in developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001

  This paper discusses some of the most important features of the emergence of industrial and environmental biotechnology as a growing segment of the new bioeconomy.Conclusions of the paper include:the wider adoption of these technologies will depend largely on the extent to which global economic governance provides adequate space for the emerging technologiesthe importance of a more
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  Voices from the south: the third world debunks corporate myths on genetically engineered crops

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2003

  This paper discusses the common myths regarding genetically engineered crops, from a southern perspective.
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  Globalisation and the international governance of modern biotechnology: the international regulation of modern biotechnology

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper discusses the issues surrounding the international governance and regulation of modern biotechnology.Principal conclusions of the paper include:the disciplines imposed by the relevant WTO Agreements underpin and shape the biotech regulation debate both internationally and nationallythere remains a degree of uncertainty and unpredictability regarding the scope for countrie
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  Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment or reduce poverty in the developing world

  AgBioForum, 2001

  This paper details ten reasons as to why agricultural biotechnology will not ensure food security, reduce poverty or protect the environment in developing countries.Key highlights of the paper include:the unfounded Malthusian view that hunger is due to a gap between food production and human population growththat current bio-engineered crops are not designed to increase yields for p
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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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  Ensuring safe use of biotechnology: key challenges

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002

  This article identifies short and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India.
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  High Commissioner’s expert group on human rights and biotechnology

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2002

  This UNHCHR document argues that a human rights-based approach to biotechnology should view a particular issue from the perspective of the rights and obligations imposed by international human rights norms.
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  Public perceptions and expectations of biotechnology

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2001

  This edition of the Biotechnology and Development Monitor surveys the perceptions and expectations that have developed in the public domain on agricultural gene technology in recent years. Authors from different parts of the world analyse the factors that have influenced public perceptions and expectations of biotechnology as applied to agriculture in their own countries over the last 25 years.

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