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Agricultural Biotechnology Research Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (Technology Policy Brief)
United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 2004A widely accepted mechanism for providing developing countries with access to proprietary biotechnology products and tools is the formation of partnerships between Southern and Northern research institutions and multinational private companies.DocumentModel National Biosafety Law: an introduction to the Model National Law on Biosafety
Third World Network, 1999Nations of the South are increasingly faced with the prospect of the introduction into their countries of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products derived from GMOs.DocumentGenetically modified crops: a decade of failure
Friends of the Earth, 2004This report discusses the impacts of genetically modified crops in relation to agricultural productivity, ten years on from when they were first commercially introduced in the United States of America.Highlights of the report include:contrary to the promises made by biotech companies, the reality of the last ten years of commercialisation shows that the safety of GM crops cannot be ensuDocumentThe new bioeconomy: industrial and environmental biotechnology in developing countries
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2001This paper discusses some of the most important features of the emergence of industrial and environmental biotechnology as a growing segment of the new bioeconomy.Conclusions of the paper include:the wider adoption of these technologies will depend largely on the extent to which global economic governance provides adequate space for the emerging technologiesthe importance of a moreDocumentVoices from the south: the third world debunks corporate myths on genetically engineered crops
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2003This paper discusses the common myths regarding genetically engineered crops, from a southern perspective.DocumentGlobalisation and the international governance of modern biotechnology: the international regulation of modern biotechnology
Eldis Document Store, 2003This paper discusses the issues surrounding the international governance and regulation of modern biotechnology.Principal conclusions of the paper include:the disciplines imposed by the relevant WTO Agreements underpin and shape the biotech regulation debate both internationally and nationallythere remains a degree of uncertainty and unpredictability regarding the scope for countrieDocumentTen reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment or reduce poverty in the developing world
AgBioForum, 2001This paper details ten reasons as to why agricultural biotechnology will not ensure food security, reduce poverty or protect the environment in developing countries.Key highlights of the paper include:the unfounded Malthusian view that hunger is due to a gap between food production and human population growththat current bio-engineered crops are not designed to increase yields for pDocumentCan GM-technologies help the poor?: the impact of Bt Cotton in Makhathini Flats and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
GRAIN, 2003This 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 thosDocumentBt Cotton and small-scale farmers in Makhathini, South Africa: a story of debt, dependency, and dicey economics
GRAIN, 2004This paper discusses the issues surrounding the adoption of Bt cotton in Makhathini, South Africa.