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    Down on the farm: the impact of nano-scale technologies on food and agriculture

    Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI, 2004
    This report examines applications of nanotechnology to food and agriculture, which have the potential to revolutionise and further consolidate power over the global food supply.
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    Farmers' rights in India: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    India is among the first countries in the world to have passed Farmers’ Rights and plant variety protection legislation. This study analyses the achievements, barriers and limitations of India’s approach so far.
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    Laying the foundations for clean development: preparing the land use sector - a quick guide to the Clean Development Mechanism

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
    This booklet provides information to forestry and land-use audiences, principally in developing countries, who want to find out more about the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and how it affects their activities.
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    Addressing the food crisis in Africa

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2005
    Spelling out the Asian experience with the Green Revolution, this booklet looks at the African food crisis against the background of the Asian experience, and asks what the prospects are for a Green Revolution in Africa.In response to arguments that the Green Revolution never reached Africa because technologies were not suitable and because African governments neglected agriculture, the authors
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    Agricultural science and technology policy for growth and poverty reduction

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2005
    Examining public-private partnerships, the authors speculate that these may become a dominant mode of funding for agricultural research in Latin America.
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    China as a standard-setter: the examples of GM-cotton and ecological and food safety standards

    Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2006
    This paper examines the debates surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the cotton industry, and its impact on the textile market. The role of China as a pace-setter in this context is also analysed.
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    Social protection mechanisms in southern Africa

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006
    Social protection is a relatively new concept in southern Africa. Regular, predictable and guaranteed transfers to the vulnerable in most countries have yet to be integrated into existing policies safeguarding lives following livelihood shocks such as drought and conflict.
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    Farmers' rights in Peru: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    This case study provides an overview of the state of Farmers’ Rights in Peru and of the perceptions of central stakeholders in this regard.The study offers an analysis of the various and complex issues and problems which arise with regard to understanding and, especially, implementing farmers’ rights at the national level.
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    Farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006
    The suicide mortality rate for farmers in the Indian State of Maharashtra has quadrupled in the last decade, according to this research paper. Is agricultural dumping by the United States, declining agricultural investment, and a broader government withdrawal from agriculture driving smallholder farmers into desperation?
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    Green revolution in Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
    In light of high forecasted population growth rates for Africa over the next decade, this report argues that the need to generate a uniquely African Green Revolution is long overdue. Analysing anticipated development trends in African agriculture, food and nutrition, inputs and natural resource use, the report outlines some challenges and the way forward for African agricultural development.

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