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  India and the agreement on agriculture: civil society and citizens' engagement

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  This paper explores civil society advocacy on the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and how it influences the trade policy process and facilitates citizen engagement in the Indian context.
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  Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  This collaborative research project seeks to assist indigenous and local communities I protecting their rights over traditional knowledge (TK) relating to biological resources, in accordance with their customary laws and practices. The project further aims to inform and influence policy makers at all levels.
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  Public investment and poverty reduction: lessons from China and India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007

  This article argues that public investments in rural areas have contributed significantly to agricultural growth and rural poverty reduction in China and India.
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  The deadly chemicals in cotton

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2007

  Cotton is the world’s most important non-food agricultural commodity and its production accounts for over one sixth of global insecticide consumption. This report highlights the environmental and human health cost of pesticide use in global cotton production. It provides case studies of West Africa, Uzbekistan and India.
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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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  Structural shift in demand for food: projections for 2020

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2006

  Over the past two decades, even the poor in India have shifted their consumption away from cereals towards other foods. What are the implications of this for India’s future food security? This study reviews trends in per capita consumption of cereals and non-cereals to identify the factors that affect changes in cereal consumption, and compares future demand with supply projections.
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  Resource-poor farmers in South India: on the margins or frontiers of globalisation

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  It is often argued that an important reason why globalisation may lead to GDP growth but fail to reduce poverty is because the poor are unable to participate in new market opportunities and are thus marginalised.
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  Agricultural R&D in the developing world: too little, too late?

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

  Are developing countries are at risk of becoming technological orphans?
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  Impact assessment of trade liberalisation in oilseeds sector: a case study of Rajasthan

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2006

  This paper considers ways in which relevant stakeholders, including producers, intermediaries, and consumers will be able find answers as to how fast and effectively they can integrate themselves into a globalising/liberalising economy, given the recent removal of quantitative restrictions in some areas of trade.
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  South Bulletin: Hunger

  South Centre, 2005

  This issue of the South Bulletin focuses on Hunger, with contributions from various Southern leaders including speeches from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as well as other stakeholders.Hunger is an emergency: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva argues that hunger needs to be raised as a polit

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