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    Voluntary code of conduct for the release of organisms into the environment

    Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service, 1999
    The proposed document contains all the elements of a code of conduct for the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the environment. It aims to set forth the minimum acceptable components necessary for international cooperation.
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    The economics of biosafety: implications for biotechnology in developing countries

    The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1998
    There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology. Most of these studies, however, address the issue of biosafety from a scientific, legal, environmental and organizational perspective.
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    Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity: The Economic Myths

    GRAIN, 1999
    Examines the economic costs and benefits of the WTO's Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), with special regard for developing countries and their wealth of biological diversity.
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    [Recommendations for FAO policy on biotechnology]

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999
    Report on policy and institutional options for FAO in area of biotechnology and genetically modified cropsPrepared for FAO Committee on Agriculture, Fifteenth Session, Rome, 25-29 January 1999
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    Macro Trends and Determinates of Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999
    Reviews the the dynamics of fertilizer use in Africa, specifically with regards to the trends in fertilizer consumption at the continental, regional and country level and the factors associated with changes in fertilizer use.Finds that:On trends in fertilizer useAggregate figures for fertilizer consumption in SSA show a steady increase, measured in terms of both absolute levels (metr
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    The Socio-Economic Dynamics of Farmers' Management of Local Plant Genetic Resources: A Framework for Analysis with Examples from a Tanzanian Case

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1999
    Discusses the debate around farmers' management of local plant genetic resources. It seek to develop a theoretical framework for analysing farmers management of plant genetic resources using examples from fieldwork carried out in 1995-1997 among farmers in Tanzania with a focus on the 1994/95 growing season.
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    Agricultural biotechnology and the poor: conference proceedings

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 1999
    Proceedings of conference held in October 1999 and convened by CGIAR and the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS)Topic of papers includeCountry studies: China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Egypt, Iran Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, ZimbabweControlling Environmental RisksMinimizing Health RisksMinimizing Social RisksEthics and Biotechnology
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    Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture

    National Academies Press, 2000
    The paper urges governments to base their decisions regarding biotechnology on sound science, and strongly encourages private corporations and research institutions to share their technology with scientists and farmers in developing countries who desperately need it.Argues that: New public sector efforts are required for creating transgenic crops that benefit poor farmers in
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    Beyond bad science and big business

    Institute of Science in Society, UK, 2000
    Argues that GM crops destroy livelihood and self-sufficiency, and are strenuously opposed by farmers worldwide.
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    Genetically modified crops and developing countries

    Plant Physiology [journal], 2000
    States the arguments for and against genetically modified crops. Argues that:despite increased production and lower costs associated with GMCs, the products currently available on the market are suitable only for large mechanized farms practicing intensive agriculture.

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