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The role of social relations in farmer seed systems and reconstruction of agricultural production in a post-disaster situation
LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often seed relief programmes are based on the assumption that farmers themselves are not able to rehabilitate their seeds in times of crisis.DocumentA study of local knowledge in relation to management of agro-biodiversity for food security: case study on local seed management systems in Southern Highlands and Central Zone, Tanzania [research proposal]
LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004This research proposal is aimed at raising awareness of women’s and men’s knowledge related to use and management of the agricultural biological systems they depend on for food security. The research will be carried out in Southern Highlands and Central Tanzania. The research will emphasise local seed diversity and management practices.DocumentAgricultural biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?
Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004This annual FAO State of Food and Agriculture report attempts to unravel the contrasting views on agricultural biotechnology as a tool to address food insecurity and malnutrition in developing countries.DocumentGM food aid: Africa denied choice again?
Earthlife Africa, 2004This publication by the Africa Center for Biosafety, Earthlife Africa, Environmental Rights Action - Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Grain and SafeAge makes the case that non-GM food aid is both possible and desirable.DocumentEmerging issues in science and technology for food security and sustainable development in Africa
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003This paper discusses how current production methods and technologies cannot solve the immense food insecurity problems in Africa even if more land is brought under cultivation.DocumentAgricultural biotechnology development, policy and impacts in China
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002China is developing the largest plant biotechnology capacity outside North America and an impressive list of genetically modified (GM) crops under trial. However, underlying these achievements is a growing concern among policy-makers about the impact of the global biotechnology debate on China's agricultural trade.DocumentInnovation and policy process: case of transgenic sweet potato in Kenya
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002Biotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development, characterised by conventional technology, public goods research and centralised and hierarchical organisation.DocumentSmallholder access to biotechnology: case of Rhizobium inocula in Kenya
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002This paper explores the knowledge gap between science and production that the advent of biotechnology has made apparent in the smallholder agriculture.DocumentFood security and intellectual property rights in developing countries
International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003This paper examines the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on food security and the agricultural sector.