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  Biofuels for transportation: global potential and implications for sustainable agriculture and energy in the 21st Century

  Worldwatch Institute, 2006

  This paper explores the potential of biofuels in reshaping agricultural development and addressing climate change.
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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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  Results from the FAO Biotechnology Forum: background and dialogue on selected issues

  Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2006

  This publication presents background and summary documents from six moderated email conferences, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum from 2002 to 2005. The Forum had the aim of providing quality balanced information on agricultural biotechnology in developing countries and making a neutral platform available for people to exchange views and experiences on this sometimes controversial subject.
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  Who benefits from GM crops?: an analysis of the global performance of GM crops (1996-2006)

  Friends of the Earth International, 2007

  This report discusses the global performance of genetically-modified (GM) crops. The analysis includes numerous case studies including case studies on different GM crops in the United States, soybeans in South America and GM cotton in a number of different countries.
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  Protecting traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore: the way forward

  Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2006

  This briefing paper discusses various avenues for protecting traditional knowledge (TK). It argues that given the holistic nature of TK it will be most appropriately protected by a bundle of different instruments including non-intellectual property (IP) tools.
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  Livestock, disease, trade and markets: policy choices for the livestock sector in Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  Seen for many years as a poor investment for development, livestock production issues are increasingly back on Africa's development agenda.
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  Farmers’ views on the future of food and small-scale producers

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  The knowledge, priorities and aspirations of small scale producers are rarely included in policy debates on the future of food, farming and development. In response, a recent electronic conference, "The Future of Food and Small-scale Producers" sought the views of indigenous, small, and family farmers from over 30 developed and developing countries.
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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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  Towards effective and sustainable seed relief activities

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This report is the outcome of a FAO workshop on "Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities", convened 26–28 May 2003. The aim of the workshop was to improve the effectiveness of seed relief interventions and the contribution they can make to sustainable improvements in seed, food and livelihood security.
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  The fast track initiative: an assessment of a public-private partnership process on developing the fertiliser value chain in Tanzania

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006

  This document aims to facilitate the establishment of a public/private partnership (PPP) in the fertiliser supply chain for Tanzania. Commissioned by Norad, the report assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the value chain, examines the input and output markets for agricultural commodities, and develops a proposal for planning a PPP at local level.

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