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  Regulating biotechnology in China: the politics of biosafety

  2003

  This working paper looks at the politics of biosafety regulation and risk assessment in China’s growing biotech industry with respect to genetically modified (GM) crops.The central question examined in this study asks who has the authority and legitimacy to make decisions about risks of a new technology such as GM crops.To this purpose, the author explores:
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  Biotechnology and the politics of truth: from the green revolution to an ‘evergreen revolution’

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2004

  This paper investigates issues around the diffusion of genetially modified (GM) technologies and products to developing countries. This has become central to a debate that has shifted away from technical issues of cost-benefit optimisation of mass production and consumption in the North, to the moral case for GM crops to feed the hungry in the South.
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  Moving out of poverty in Tanzania: evidence from Kagera

  Journal of Development Studies, 2009

  In order to increase the impact of poverty reduction programmes, development practitioners are increasingly attempting to understand the reasons why particular communities and individuals are able to escape from poverty, while others are not. This kind of research is most insightful when it is focuses on pathways out of poverty under particularly trying circumstances.
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  Building public–private partnerships for agricultural innovation in Latin America: lessons from capacity strengthening

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  This report outlines how public-private partnerships (PPPs) constitute a new mode of operation in many fields of development, including the development of innovation in developing country agriculture. Capacities to identify opportunities, develop common interests, and negotiate commitments are prerequisites for successful public-private partnerships.
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  Comparative analysis of potential economic impact of alternative agricultural and rural development models: the case of Africa Invest and civil society organisations in Malawi

  Bunda College of Agriculture, 2007

  The main objective of this study is to carry out a comparative analysis of alternative agricultural and rural development models in Malawi. This aims at discovering the merits and demerits of each approach, mainly with regards to its impact on poverty reduction in the country.
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  Genetically modified food and international trade : The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice.
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  The 2008/09 food price and food security situation in Eastern and Southern Africa: Implications for immediate and longer run responses

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2008

  This report examines the impact of recent world food price changes on domestic maize and fertilizer prices in the Eastern and Southern African region. It assesses the possible changes in cropping patterns, national food production, and consumers’ access to food in light of these price movements.
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  The rich expand, the poor contract. The paradox of macroeconomic policy in Ethiopia

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009

  While rich countries are currently spending trillions of dollars to address the effects of global economic turmoil, including demand stimulation measures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently developed a deflationary package for Ethiopia comprising of curbs in domestic borrowing and money supply.
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  SARD and agricultural workers

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006

  This is a policy brief that summarises the barriers to well being faced by agricultural workers and provides policy options based on International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and international agreements.
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  The demographic profile of the Arab countries: ageing of rural populations

  Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2007

  This report highlights the course of fertility and mortality transitions, and examines trends in rural and urban populations in the 22 countries of the Arab region for the period 1980-2050.

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