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The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004This paper examines the advantages, disadvantages and impacts of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso from the early 1980s.The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice.DocumentThe biotech developmental state?: investigating the Chinese gene revolution
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003This paper looks at how and why China has pursued research on agricultural biotechnology within the public sector, in contrast with other parts of the world where the private sector has been dominant. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of science-policy networks in promoting a biotechnology discourse.DocumentBusiness and biotechnology: regulation and the politics of influence
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003This paper explores the issue of regulation of biotechnology products at the national and international level, paying special attention to the role of biotechnology firms and the responses of civil society groups.It argues that the private biotechnology sector, thanks to its level of expertise and the amount of capital it owns, is a key adviser and a powerful player in the politics of biotechnoDocumentPerformance of BT cotton in India: data from the first commercial crop
Gene Campaign, 2003This paper presents data on the field study of the first genetically modified crop to be cultivated in India.DocumentThe profits of famine: Southern Africa's long decade of hunger
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2002This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa.DocumentMaize trade liberalization vs. fertilizer subsidies in Tanzania: a CGE model analysis with endogenous soil fertility
Statistics Norway, 1999DocumentThe adoption and impact of agricultural biotechnology innovations in South Africa
Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2002South Africa is one of the few developing countries and probably the only one in Africa that has adopted some new biotechnology inputs, largely maize and cotton seeds, but what research is being performed to investigate the effects?DocumentBT cotton in South Africa: adoption and the impact on farm incomes amongst small-scale and large scale farmers
Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2002South Africa is one of few developing countries, and the only one in Africa that has adopted genetically modified crops for commercial production, so why has this policy been pursued, and with what effects?DocumentDomesticating global policy on GMOs: comparing China and India
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy. It is a complex story of selective interpretation, conflict over priorities and politicking at the highest levels of government.DocumentUnderstanding local perspectives: participation of resource poor farmers in biotechnology: the case of Wedza District of Zimbabwe
Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003This background paper from the IDS “Biotechnology and the policy process in developing countries” project examines the perspectives and participation in agricultural biotechnologies projects of resource-poor farmers in the Wedza district of Zimbabwe. Farmers in this region are faced with tremendous farming challenges that are adversely impacting on their livelihoods.Pages