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  The future control of food: a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security

  International Development Research Centre, 2008

  In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some of the forces and rules shaping the food system and who has control over it.
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  Stimulating innovation in urban agriculture

  RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2008

  Urban farming systems are in constant development as urban farmers adapt their existing practices or come up with new ones, yet are rarely given formal support for their innovations. This issue of looks at how urban farmers can be supported in their efforts to improve their livelihoods.
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  Biofuel expansion: challenges, risks and opportunities for rural poor people: how the poor can benefit from this emerging opportunity

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008

  This paper considers the pros and cons of the debate over the potential social, economic and environmental impact of the increase in biofuel production. It draws attention to the opportunities as well as the risks that biofuels present for developing countries, and stresses that the developing world has its own set of bio-energy issues distinct from those of the developed world.
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  Socio-economic and political concerns for GM foods and biotechnology adoption in the Philippines

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political and socio-economic concerns surrounding GM foods and bio-technology in the Philippines. It particularly focuses on past experiences and looking at what the future holds for GM in the country.
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  Biofortified crops and biotechnology: a political economy landscape for India

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political receptivity to bio-fortification in India, especially when it involves genetic engineering. The paper draws on an understanding of political economy of pro-poor policies as well as the political responses to Bt cotton - the only GM crop that has received regulatory approval.
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  Patterns of political response to biofortified varieties of crops produced with different breeding techniques and agronomic traits

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper examines the political response to two crops that were nutritionally enhanced through conventional breeding - Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also looks at the political response to other food crops - maize, potato, and papaya ,as well as biofortified Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) rice, potatoes, cassava, and sorghum.
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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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