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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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  Enhancing the impact of agricultural research: an impact pathway perspective

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  Assessing the impact of agricultural research often implies proving that some kind of positive impact was achieved as a result of a successful research operation.
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  Perspectives on agricultural transformation: a view from Africa

  Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa, 2004

  This book provides a predominantly African perspective on the nature of the agricultural development crisis, and the challenges posed by globalisation, biotechnology, policy reform, and widespread poverty.
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  Dialogue on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers

  UK Food Group, 2004

  This paper presents the main inputs to a conference on agricultural trade reform, subsidies and the future of small and family farms and farmers held in May 2004. It reports on a survey conducted for the U.K.
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  Private research and public goods: implications of biotechnology for biodiversity

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper, by the FAO's Agricultural and Development Economics Division, explores a range of policy options to increase the likelihood that private sector research and development, particularly in the form of transgenic crops, enhances rather than erodes crop genetic diversity.The principal findings of the paper include:transgenic crops may increase or decrease crop genetic diversity,
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  Report of the expert consultation on environmental effects of genetically modified crops

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper examines the outcomes of a three-day consultation on the 'Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops', attended by sixteen technical experts.

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