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  Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology

  Cornell University Library, 2003

  This paper explores the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and structural change in the agricultural biotechnology industry.
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  Agricultural biotechnology: risks and opportunities for developing country food security

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  This paper provides a substantial input into the debate on the role of modern agricultural biotechnology in developing countries.
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  GM cotton set to invade West Africa: time to act!

  GRAIN, 2004

  This 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.
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  Private research and public goods: implications of biotechnology for biodiversity

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This 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,
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  Report of the expert consultation on environmental effects of genetically modified crops

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper examines the outcomes of a three-day consultation on the 'Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops', attended by sixteen technical experts.
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  Biotechnology applications in food processing: can developing countries benefit?

  Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2004

  This 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.
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  Agricultural biotechnology for developing countries: results of an electronic forum

  Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2001

  This 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.
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  Agricultural biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004

  This 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.
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  GM food aid: Africa denied choice again?

  Earthlife Africa, 2004

  This 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.
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  Emerging issues in science and technology for food security and sustainable development in Africa

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This 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.

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