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    The role of biotechnology for the characterisation and conservation of crop, forest, animal and fishery genetic resources in developing countries

    Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2005
    This document is a background paper to an e-forum conference hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum (June-July 2005), and considers the use of biotechnology tools in the characterisation and conservation of crop, forest, animal and fishery genetic resources in developing countries.It provides a brief overview of genetic resources for food and agriculture is provided; detailed information regardi
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    USAID: making the world hungry for GM crops

    GRAIN, 2005
    This briefing examines how the US government uses USAID to actively promote GM agriculture, focusing on USAID's major programmes for agricultural biotechnology and the regions where these programmes are most active in parts of Africa and Asia.The briefing highlights that:these USAID programmes are part of a multi-pronged strategy to advance US interests with GM cropsincreasingly the
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    Understanding the issues: what's the matter with trade?

    Norwegian Church Aid, 2005
    This is a set of papers that address the questions: do equal rules really allow poor producers to receive a fair share of the trade wealth and does the current free trade system represent equal rules at all?
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    Off-farm employment, factor market development and input use in farm production: a case study of a remote village in Jiangxi Province, China

    Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005
    The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of off-farm employment on village factor market development, and estimate the effects of off-farm employment on input use in farm production (especially inputs related to the change of land production capacity).The paper identifes four household groups which at group level show large differences in terms of household size, number of labourers
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    Lessons from the land reform movement in West Bengal, India

    Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2004
    The Indian state of West-Bengal saw two major turnarounds in its rural sector in the eighties.
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    The Indian seed act and patent act

    ZNet, 2005
    This paper discusses two laws, proposed in 2004 by the Government of India: the Seed Act and a Patent Ordinance.The author argues that the new intellectual property rights (IPR) laws are creating monopolies over seeds and plant genetic resources.
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    Targeted Inputs Programme (TIP): findings of the monitoring component for TIP 2000-2001

    Department for International Development, UK, 2001
    This paper reports on an impact assessment study of the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) Targeted Inputs Programme in Malawi. The programme aimed to deliver “starter packs” of seeds and fertiliser to the poorest farm families across the country through a network of village task forces (VTFs).
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    GM crops in India: why open Pandora’s Box?

    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2004
    This paper provides a critical review of a recently published report from the "Task Force on Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture" (see seperate record) headed by Dr. M.S.
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    Implications of genetically modified food technology policies for Sub-Saharan Africa

    World Bank, 2004
    The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase farmer profitability through cost reductions or higher yields.
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    Regulating biotechnology in practice – the case of Bt cotton in India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Regulatory policy on biotechnology advocates decision-making according to technical and scientific criteria. In practice, however, regulation emerges through a political process of negotiation between groups with diverse agendas.

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