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  TRIPS versus biodiversity: what to do with the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)

  GRAIN, 1999

  This paper summarises GRAIN’s view of what should be done with TRIPS Article 27.3(b) during its 1999 Review.
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  People, plants, and patents: the impact of intellectual property on trade, plant biodiversity, and rural society

  International Development Research Centre, 1994

  The purpose of this book is to identify key IPR issues and choices and to describe the broader context within which decisions are being made.
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  The sustainable development effects of the WTO TRIPS Agreement: a focus on developing countries

  Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1996

  Examines the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and tries to analyse those areas in which the Agreement will impact, either positively or negatively, on sustainable development in developing countries such as Pakistan.
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  Trade, intellectual property, food and biodiversity: key issues and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)of the TRIPS Agreement

  Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project, MSU, 1999

  This discussion paper reviews the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the impact of the current multilateral Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime, on plants and animals, on plant variety protection systems, and on food security and agricultural biodiversity.
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  Options for the implementation of farmers' rights at the national level

  South Centre, 2000

  One of the main objectives of Farmers' Rights is to allow farmers, their communities, and countries in all regions, fully to participate in the benefits derived, at present and in the future, from the improved use of Plant Genetic Resources, through plant breeding and other scientific methods.
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  Proprietary biotechnology inputs and international agricultural research

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1998

  This Briefing Paper presents the most important findings and lessons of a study into the magnitude of, and procedures for, the use of inputs protected by IPR at selected international agricultural research centers (IARCs). It highlights the challenging environment in which agricultural research organisations are working with regard to biotechnology.
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  Export Crop Liberalisation in Africa

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999

  The transfer can be considered to have been reasonably successful so far. Producer returns have generally been higher than under the former marketing arrangements and payments more prompt. But in many countries, however, the changes have led to problems, particularly with regard to the supply of production inputs.
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  Poverty, inequality and growth in Zambia during the 1990s

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  Paper reanalyses the household survey data from three out of four surveys carried out in Zambia in the 1990s, in order to chart the evolution of poverty and inequality during that decade.

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