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Searching with a thematic focus on Technology and innovation in agriculture, Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs, Governance

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  Regulation of biotechnology in LDCs: implications for technology development and transfer

  AgBioForum, 1999

  This paper explores the role of regulation in agricultural biotechnology innovation and diffusion in the developing world.
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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 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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  Citizens juries: a radical alternative for social research

  University of Surrey, 2003

  This paper discusses how citizen’s juries can offer an alternative for social research. The paper describes the jury process, its impacts and future challenges.The paper argues that citizen’s juries have the potential to be a tool of social justice and legitimise non specialist knowledge as much as a method of participatory research.
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  Business and biotechnology: regulation and the politics of influence

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the issue of regulation of biotechnology products at the national and international level, paying special attention to the role of biotechnology firms and the responses of civil society groups.It argues that the private biotechnology sector, thanks to its level of expertise and the amount of capital it owns, is a key adviser and a powerful player in the politics of biotechno
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  Domesticating global policy on GMOs: comparing China and India

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy. It is a complex story of selective interpretation, conflict over priorities and politicking at the highest levels of government.
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  GM crops: going against the grain

  ActionAid International, 2003

  This paper asks: Do GM crops help eradicate poverty? Do GM crops meet the needs of poor farmers? Do they threaten basic rights? Do GM crops threaten biodiversity? Do GM crops enhance informed choice and participation for poor people?Conclusion: The widespread adoption of GM crops seems likely to exacerbate the underlying causes of food insecurity, leading to more hungry people, not fewer.
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  Agricultural biotechnology: technology policy brief

  United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 2002

  This is a collection of articles making up the UNU/INTECH technology policy brief on the subject of agricultural biotechnology.
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  Agricultural biotechnology, poverty reduction, and food security

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001

  This working paper from the Asian Development Bank examines the risks and benefits of biotechnology in relation to human health, the environment, and Agriculture.
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  Booklet of CGIAR Centre policy instruments, guidelines and statements on genetic resources, biotechnology and intellectual property rights

  Bioversity International, 2001

  Collection of genetic resources biotechnology and IPR related policies produced by Future Harvest Centres and subsequently endorsed by CGIAR members, GRPC and / or the Centre Directors Committee for System-wide adoption.The first section of the booklet concerns the policies and guidelines for managing the in-trust plant genetic resources collections.

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