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  Can GM-technologies help the poor?: the impact of Bt Cotton in Makhathini Flats and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  GRAIN, 2003

  This paper reports on a two-year survey of one hundred smallholder farmers in South Africa who adopted Bt cotton, from 1999-2000.The results of the survey include:higher cotton yields and lower chemical costs outweighed higher Bt cotton seed costs, giving higher gross marginsonce labour savings are taken into account, the Bt cotton adopters were considerably more efficient than thos
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  Bt Cotton and small-scale farmers in Makhathini, South Africa: a story of debt, dependency, and dicey economics

  GRAIN, 2004

  This paper discusses the issues surrounding the adoption of Bt cotton in Makhathini, South Africa.
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  Ensuring safe use of biotechnology: key challenges

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002

  This article identifies short and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India.
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  Did BT Cotton fail Andhra Pradesh again in 2003-2004?

  Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India, 2004

  This paper reports on the economic performance of BT Cotton in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  On science and precaution in the management of technological risk

  European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 2001

  This paper discusses the debate over the relative merits of scientific and precautionary approaches to the management of technological risk.The paper highlights the following points:rather than seeing ‘precaution’ as being in tension with ‘science based regulation’, the key elements of a precautionary approach are entirely consistent with sound scientific practice in responding to intra
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  Accessing modern science: policy and institutional options for agricultural biotechnology in developing countries

  Eldis Document Store, 2001

  The paper highlights the complexity of the challenge in developing new forms of collaboration between a variety of actors in the biotechnology area in developing countries, including, national research systems with very diverse capacities in biotechnology, international research centres, local private R&D companies, global life science companies, and advanced research institutes in both industrial
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  Trips with everything? Intellectual property and the farming world

  Food Ethics Council, 2002

  This report briefly outlines some general issues arising in intellectual property (IP), in addition to discussing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in the World Trade Organization.
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  Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology

  Cornell University Library, 2003

  This paper explores the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and structural change in the agricultural biotechnology industry.
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  Fighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.
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  Water and development: experiences of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in the water sector

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2003

  The connections and interactions between water and health, hygiene, nutrition, methods of cultivation, the protection and sustainable use of natural resources, productivity, income generation, local governance, economic policy, legal systems and participation in political decisions are of central concern in sustainable development.This document provides background information on SDCs engagement

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