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  Biofortified food crops: progress and prospects in developing countries: patterns of political support and pathways to final impact

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This document presents a hypothetical scheme for predicting which bio-fortified food technologies will enjoy greatest political support or opposition and from which actors on the political landscape. It also examines the likely consequences of bio-fortified food crops in terms of actual nutritional impact.
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  Biofortified foods and crops in West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This article examines the political landscape for the introduction of bio-fortified crops in west Africa. Focusing on Burkina Faso and Mali, it analyses the current state of bio-safety legislation and the political debates regarding genetically modified (GM) crops.
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  GMOs in Africa: food and agriculture: 2007 status report.

  African Centre for Biosafety, 2007

  This booklet outlines recent key trends, developments and actors in the debate on genetic engineering (GE) in food and agriculture in Africa. It also highlights a number of the key talking points including the harmonisation of bio-safety legislation, the new green revolution in Africa, and genetic diversity.
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  Potential impact and cost-effectiveness of Golden Rice

  Nature Publishing Group, 2007

  Genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture is a controversial topic in science and society at large. While some oppose genetically modified crops the question remains whether GE can benefit the poor.
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  The World Bank’s WDR 2008 agriculture for development: response from a slow trade-sound farming perspective

  Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2008

  For the first time in 25 years, the World Bank’s annual Development Report  (WDR 2008) is dedicated to agriculture. This review of the WDR 2008 is written from the perspective of a recent report, 'Slow trade - sound farming: a multilateral framework for sustainable markets in agriculture', which was produced as an outcome of the EcoFair Trade Dialogue project.
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  Summary document of the FAO e-mail conference: regulating GMOs in developing and transition countries

  Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2003

  This paper discusses some of the themes and outcomes of a moderated e-mail conference entitled Regulating GMOs in Developing and Transition Countries, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Biotechnology Forum from 28 April to 1 June 2003.
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  Law and modern biotechnology: selected issues of relevance to food and agriculture

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This study reviews international, regional and a selection of national laws related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), considering three categories of legal instruments: those dealing with biosafety, food safety and consumer protection.The study deals with issues such as:public participation in the regulatory policy-making processoversight mechanisms to examine the merits of
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  Regulating the use of genetic resources between international authorities

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  A large number of stakeholders are involved in the use of and the international transactions with genetic resources.
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  Monsanto and smallholder farmers: a case-study on corporate accountability

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  This paper examines Monsanto’s Smallholder Programme (SHP) and considers the implications of the programme on corporate accountability.
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  Biotechnology product development, biosafety regulations and environmental risk assessment in the Philippines

  IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 2006

  This study looks at the current biotechnology and biosafety situation in the Philippines.

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