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  Benefits and shortcomings of intellectual property rights for small scale farmers in developing countries

  Agricultural Information and Documentation Service for Development Cooperation, 2002

  Rafael Mariano from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines presents his case arguing that intellectual property rights, and more broadly science, have been co-opted by business interests (supported by the US) to strengthen their control over agricultural production and to open up new markets at the expense of small farmers and developing countries.In particular he argues: The 1991 Act
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  Biotechnology and sustainable livelihoods: findings and recommendations of an international consultation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This paper, using a sustainable livelihoods framework, analyses various approaches and discusses case studies regarding the socioeconomic impact of biotechnology on the poor in developing countries.
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  African hunger and GM maize

  SciDev.Net, 2002

  This short editorial from SciDev.Net explores the issues around the decision by Zimbabwe and Zambia to reject US food aid because it contains some genetically modified grain.The author briefly discusses the perceived health risks, the economic implcations in terms of trade and the political issues which inform this debate and pinpoints a number of lessons which should be learned.
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  Better dead than GM fed?

  GRAIN, 2002

  Article from GRAIN which provides commentary on the controvesy surrounding the use of GM food aid in the Southern Africa food crisis.
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  WFP policy on donations of foods derived from biotechnology (GM/biotech foods)

  United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2002

  This paper, presented to the WFP Executive Board for consideration, outlines the WFP policy on donations of foods derived from biotechnology, summarises lessons learned from the Southern Africa emergency and outlines follow-up measures.The WFP policy that has been in effect with regard to all donations of foods is summarised as follows:WFP distributes only foods that meet the food safet
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  Science, policy and regulation: challenges for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries

  Millennium Development Goals, 2001

  This paper addresses the question of the relationship between science, policy and regulation in the context of debates about the future of agricultural biotechnology. First the paper outlines some of the challenges for biotechnology policy and regulation before exploring the different contexts for biotechnology science and the framing of the policy debate.
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  Biotechnology and the politics of regulation

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2001

  This paper aims to refine thinking about the politics of regulating crop biotechnologies. Firstly it explores the purposes regulation serves in commercial, as well as broader social and political terms, arguing that risk management, facilitating trade and generating public trust are three of its key functions.
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  Biotechnology and the policy process: Zimbabwe

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This paper focuses on three areas of the biotechnology policy process. Firstly, it looks at the national policy framework, identifying key development and economic policies and in particular considering the implications of policy on food security and development.
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  Agricultural biotechnology and food security: Exploring the debate

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This paper aims to explore the various dimensions of the debate over the extent to which agricultural biotechnology offers a solution to issues of food security. It begins by looking at the assumptions of the arguments made by various protagonists and situating historically the contemporary discussion of agricultural biotechnology in broader debates about food security.
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  Modern biotechnology and developing-world agriculture

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002

  This essay provides and introduction to agricultural biotechnology in a developing country context. The author looks at issues of food security, consumer acceptance, sectoral change and regulation in the context of advances in genomics and bioinformatics which have led to an increase in the rate and volume of advances in the biotech.

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