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Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology
Cornell University Library, 2003This paper explores the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and structural change in the agricultural biotechnology industry.DocumentAgricultural biotechnology: risks and opportunities for developing country food security
2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000This paper provides a substantial input into the debate on the role of modern agricultural biotechnology in developing countries.DocumentGM cotton set to invade West Africa: time to act!
GRAIN, 2004This study seeks to provide farmers with a critical and accessible analysis of Bt cotton, arguing that they are the ones that will be introducing any GM crops to the fields and should therefore be at the centre of decision making on the issue. It finds that Bt cotton will not significantly reduce pesticide use nor provide any economic advantages to farmers within West Africa.DocumentPrivate research and public goods: implications of biotechnology for biodiversity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004This paper, by the FAO's Agricultural and Development Economics Division, explores a range of policy options to increase the likelihood that private sector research and development, particularly in the form of transgenic crops, enhances rather than erodes crop genetic diversity.The principal findings of the paper include:transgenic crops may increase or decrease crop genetic diversity,DocumentReport of the expert consultation on environmental effects of genetically modified crops
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004This paper examines the outcomes of a three-day consultation on the 'Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops', attended by sixteen technical experts.DocumentBiotechnology applications in food processing: can developing countries benefit?
Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2004This document is the background paper for the 11th conference of the FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, 14 June to 11 July 2004.DocumentAgricultural biotechnology for developing countries: results of an electronic forum
Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2001This document is a report of the first six conferences of the FAO’s Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, ruuning between March 2000 and May 2001. The first four conferences dealt with the appropriateness of currently available biotechnologies in the crop, forestry, livestock and fishery sectors, respectively for food and agriculture in developing countries.DocumentAgricultural biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?
Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004This annual FAO State of Food and Agriculture report attempts to unravel the contrasting views on agricultural biotechnology as a tool to address food insecurity and malnutrition in developing countries.DocumentGM food aid: Africa denied choice again?
Earthlife Africa, 2004This publication by the Africa Center for Biosafety, Earthlife Africa, Environmental Rights Action - Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Grain and SafeAge makes the case that non-GM food aid is both possible and desirable.DocumentEmerging issues in science and technology for food security and sustainable development in Africa
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003This paper discusses how current production methods and technologies cannot solve the immense food insecurity problems in Africa even if more land is brought under cultivation.Pages
