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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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  Understanding the implications of migration for pro-poor agricultural growth

  Programme of Advisory and Support Services to DFID, 2004

  This paper examines the nature of changes and trends in rural-urban migration and the relevance of local labour markets and remittances to the livelihoods strategies of the rural poor.Main findings include: temporary migration and commuting are now a routine part of the livelihood strategies of the rural poor across a wide range of developing country contextsin many parts of South A
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  Planting the rights seed: a human rights perspective on agriculture trade and the WTO

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2005

  The report critically examines the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA).
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  Agricultural development for peace

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005

  This paper emphasises the importance of the connections between agriculture and social peace.
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  Nicaragua: responding to the needs of farmers using agricultural technology and innovation systems

  World Bank, 2005

  Focusing on Nicaraguan farmers and their use of agricultural technology and innovation systems, this brief highlights recent lessons emerging from the operational and analytical programme of the World Bank‘s Latin America and Caribbean Region.In response to a number of structural problems in the agricultural sector, the Nicaraguan Government in partnership with the World Bank, launched a long-
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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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  The state of agricultural commodity markets 2004

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  The economies of many developing countries depend on commodity exports for a substantial portion of their export earnings.
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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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  India’s vegetable boom: can the poor reap equal benefits?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  India’s domestic market for vegetables is growing. The national and state governments have ambitious plans to increase production. As new forms of contractual and sharecropping relationships emerge between private dealers and farmers, what interventions are required to ensure that small and low-caste farmers are not left behind?
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  South Africa’s food security crisis

  National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2002

  This paper argues that South Africa faces a crisis of rising food prices and food insecurity. Food prices rose by 17 per cent between June 2001 and June 2002, compared to non-food inflation of 7 per cent; the price of maize meal doubled during this period; and further price rises were expected.

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