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  Ten reasons not to join UPOV [Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants]

  GRAIN, 1998

  Developing countries are currently facing intense pressure to institute intellectual property rights (IPRs) for plant varieties. Despite the fact that the brief history of IPRs over plants and biological resources has undermined local biodiversity in the North and precipitated corporate monopolies over the food system, Southern countries are being forced to travel the same path.
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  Determinants of adoption and levels of demand for fertiliser for cereal growing farmers in Ethiopia

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1996

  The current government of Ethiopia has put agriculture at the heart of its policies. There is particular emphasis on promoting adoption of fertiliser, improved seeds and the efficiency of input marketing and distribution. In this paper we use a nationally representative data set for 1994 to analyse what factors influence adoption of as well as intensity of fertiliser use of small-scale farmers.
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  Child labor and schooling in Ghana

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997

  To improve human capital and reduce the incidence of child labor in Ghana, the country's school systems should reduce families' schooling costs, adapt to the constraints on schooling in rural areas (where most children must work at least part-time), and provide better education (more relevant to the needs of the labor market).
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  Smallholder Cash-Cropping, Food-Cropping Food Security in Mozambique's Cotton Belt

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997

  As Mozambique recovers from war and undergoes economic reform, given its favorable agroecological endowment and its highly rural population, improved agricultural performance is essential to three government policy objectives: 1) smallholder income growth; 2) improved rural food security; and 3) reducing the balance of payment deficit.
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  Facilitating Seed Sector Transformation in Africa: Key Findings From the Literature

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997

  Extensive review of seed system development literature in order to (1) understand how seed systems evolve and (2) critically review organizational and institutional strategies for improving seed systems.
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  The Nature and Dynamics of Poverty

  Environment Department, World Bank, 2002

  The main findings from this study reveal that the: *Nature and dynamics of poverty determinants are influenced by the spatial location of households.*Post-devaluation growth period did not significantly alter the pattern of poverty determinants.*The most significant determinants of poverty over the growth period include the burden of age dependency, human and physical assets, household amenities,
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  Encouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998

  Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for sustainable increases in agricultural productivity which must underpin poverty alleviation.
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  Industrial Reliance on Biodiversity

  UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 1997

  Overview of the extent to which industry in the developed world relies on the biodiversity of the developing world. Primitive human societies rely almost entirely on wild species for food, draught, building materials and other products, and such direct use continues in modern society.
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  Biodiversity and the appropriation of women's knowledge

  Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 1997

  In the past few years research institutions and development organizations have 'discovered' the relevance of men farmers' indigenous knowledge of genetic resource management and, after some delay, that of women farmers as well. At the same time, attention has been drawn to the global need to conserve biological diversity.
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  The Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: Relevance for the South

  Overseas Development Institute, 1998

  Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are at the centre of extraordinary controversy. The implications of these debates must be addressed by policy makers in the South. Concerns about MOs include environmental impact, food safety, the control of agricultural technology, and the direction of agricultural change.

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