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  Organic agriculture and rural poverty alleviation: potential and best practices in Asia

  Poverty and Development Division, UNESCAP, 2002

  This document studies the rapidly developing organic farming sector in Asia. It looks at concepts and practices, export potential, market developments and, first and foremost, success cases where small and marginal farmers in the rural areas were able to increase their livelihood through organic agriculture.
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  Corporate dominance and agricultural biotechnology: implications for development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This briefing paper looks at the implications of private sector dominance of agricultural biotechnology for developing countries and poor farmers. The paper argues that:crops and traits commercialised so far have been targeted at the needs of large scale commercial farmers, particularly in North America, and the crops, traits and challenges of interest to poor farmers in developing coun
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  Can agricultural biotechnology be pro-poor?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Can new technologies in agricultural biotechnology really solve the problems of famine and hunger in the developing world?
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  Technical efficiency in the spice based agroforestry sector in Matale, Sri Lanka

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper looks at factors affecting the efficiency of the spice based agroforestry sector. The technical efficiency of spice based agroforestry systems was estimated in order to identify the potential increase in production without incurring additional costs for farm inputs.
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  Citizens juries: a radical alternative for social research

  University of Surrey, 2003

  This paper discusses how citizen’s juries can offer an alternative for social research. The paper describes the jury process, its impacts and future challenges.The paper argues that citizen’s juries have the potential to be a tool of social justice and legitimise non specialist knowledge as much as a method of participatory research.
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  Prajateerpu: a citizens jury / scenario workshop on food and farming futures for Andhra Pradesh, India

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This paper discusses the opposition to Andhra Pradesh’s "Vision 2020" strategy for development.
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Agricultural biotechnology policy processes in China

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This paper explores the main features of policy and policy processes surrounding agricultural biotechnology in China, traces the emergence of the current situation historically, and identifies potential issues for subsequent research.Findings include:China considers agricultural biotechnology as a primary measure to improve its national food security, raise agricultural productivity, an
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  Regulatory manoeuvres: the Bt cotton controversy in India

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines how the regulatory policy governing agricultural biotechnology, in particular Bt cotton, has been co constructed by the interaction of scientists, bureaucrats, politicians, farmers, NGO activists, media commentators and others, from the local to the national level and even to the global arena.The paper particularly focuses on the interaction between national and state level
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  Making policy in the 'new economy': the case of biotechnology in Karnataka, India

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines the new politics of policy making in India, focusing on the biotechnology sector. It traces the origins of the millennium biotechnology policy in Karnataka state in order to expand upon it's central theory that a new style of politics is emerging in response to the changing contexts of the new economy era.

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