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Searching with a thematic focus on Technology and innovation in agriculture, Agriculture and food, Agricultural policy, Biotechnology and GMOs, Trade Policy

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  ISAAA in Asia: promoting corporate profits in the name of the poor

  GRAIN, 2000

  The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is one of the most focused promoters of gene technologies in Asia. Through the formation and support of key local elites, ISAAA is helping carry out an agenda set by transnational corporations (TNCs), in the name of Asia’s rural poor.
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  Grains of delusion: golden rice seen from the ground

  GRAIN, 2001

  'Golden rice' is a genetically modified rice engineered to contain vitamin A or its precursor, beta-carotene. Monsanto was quick to jump on the humanitarian bandwagon by announcing royalty-free licenses for any of its technologies used to further the development of the rice.
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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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  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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