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Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework for Ex Ante Economic Analyses
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 1998Presents a framework within which the potential costs (including negative outcomes) and benefits of specific biotechnologies can be analysed within a developing country context.Method takes into account institutional arrangements and political support systems, and aims to support policy decision making at various stages of the technology adoption path.DocumentGenetically modified crops: reporting from New Sceintist
New Scientist, 1999News and feature items from the weekly journal New Scientist on GMCsDocumentGreen revolution technology takes root in Africa: the promise and challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 experiment with improved cereals technology in Ethiopia
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999Examines economic benefits of introducing new technologies for maize and teff growing in Ethiopia, based on experimental projects.DocumentIncreasing Seed System Efficiency in Africa: Concepts, Strategies and Issues
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1999Purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework that can be used by agricultural leaders, administrators, policy makers, and seed program managers to (1) understand key factors affecting seed system development; and (2) compare organizational and institutional strategies for increasing seed system effectiveness.DocumentPlant variety protection to feed Africa?: Rhetoric versus reality
GRAIN, 1999The Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) claim the introduction of plant variety protection (a form of patent law) will contribute to food security, sustainable agriculture, and the protection of the environment and of biodiversity.DocumentBlast, biotech and big business: implications of corporate strategies on rice research in Asia
GRAIN, 2000The rice blast disease and industry’s approaches to dealing with it provide a clear example of how corporate research and development (R&D) strategies are diverging from the needs and means of farmers, particularly in the poorer countries of South and Southeast Asia.DocumentISAAA in Asia: promoting corporate profits in the name of the poor
GRAIN, 2000The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) is one of the most focused promoters of gene technologies in Asia. Through the formation and support of key local elites, ISAAA is helping carry out an agenda set by transnational corporations (TNCs), in the name of Asia’s rural poor.DocumentGrains of delusion: golden rice seen from the ground
GRAIN, 2001'Golden rice' is a genetically modified rice engineered to contain vitamin A or its precursor, beta-carotene. Monsanto was quick to jump on the humanitarian bandwagon by announcing royalty-free licenses for any of its technologies used to further the development of the rice.DocumentWhy biotech patents are patently absurd: scientific briefing on TRIPs and related issues
Institute of Science in Society, UK, 2001This scientific briefing explains why the patenting of life-forms and living processes (as covered under Article 27.3(b) of TRIPs) should be revoked and banned.Concludes that all biotech patents should be rejected on the following grounds:all involve biological processes not under the direct control of the scientist.DocumentScience, medicine, and the future: genetically modified foods
British Medical Journal, 1999Paints a broad picture of the issues surrounding GM food, and asks the questions: what is genetic modification and how does it relate to food production?what are the current and future applications?what concerns do genetically modified foods raise?Report concludes that the public is right to take the issue of GM food seriously, however it is important to avoid hysteria and to definePages