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Searching with a thematic focus on Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs, Biotechnology and GMOs governance

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  Whither biosafety?: in these days of Monsanto Laws, hope for real biosafety lies at the grassroots

  GRAIN, 2005

  This opinion article examines political processes surrounding the Biosafety Protocol.
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  African policy dialogues on biotechnology: background paper

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This background paper examines the positive and negative aspects of intellectual property rights (IPR) in agricultural biotechnologies with respect to the varying positions of different stakeholders.
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  Who benefits from GM crops?: Monsanto and the corporate-driven genetically modified crop revolution (Executive summary)

  Friends of the Earth, 2006

  This report analyses the way in which GM crops have been introduced into our environment between 1996 and 2005.
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  Intellectual property and biological resources: an overview of key issues and current debates.

  Wuppertal Institute, 2005

  This paper aims to provide a comprehensive background and overview of key issues, debates and positions related to the international regulation and application of intellectual property rights over biological resources. This includes biotechnology and the use and protection of the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities.
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  Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh: a three-year assessment

  Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India, 2005

  This paper investigates the case of GM (Genetically Modified) Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is based on a three-year assessment of farmers' engagement with Bt cotton, examining the economics of its adoption, and the resultant difficulties faced by farmers.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in southern Africa

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This book discusses the outcomes of a multistakeholder initiative on issues of biotechnology resulting from the 2002–2003 southern African food crisis, when a number of countries rejected food aid in the form of genetically modified grain.The initiative aimed at raising awareness, promoting dialogue, and catalysing consensus-building mechanisms to improve the institutions and policies governing
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  Modern food biotechnology, human health and development

  Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases, World Health Organization, 2005

  Despite a number of national and international initiatives, the use and development of modern food biotechnology remains a controversial global issue. Modern food biotechnology promises a new range of products and processes proclaimed to be for the public good, some related to agricultural benefits others directly or indirectly to health.
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  GM crops in India: why open Pandora’s Box?

  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2004

  This paper provides a critical review of a recently published report from the "Task Force on Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture" (see seperate record) headed by Dr. M.S.
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  Implications of genetically modified food technology policies for Sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2004

  The first generation of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties sought to increase farmer profitability through cost reductions or higher yields.

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