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Searching with a thematic focus on Biotechnology and GMOs, Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs governance, Technology and innovation in agriculture

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  Regulating biotechnology for the poor?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper discusses whether current systems for the regulation of biotechnology are benefiting the poor.It explores the pressures which governments experience in balancing risks and benefits of GMOs in the public interest, determining whether biotechnology addresses the development needs of their country, and the increasing global pressures on the scope, depth and enforcement of their biosafet
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  Harmonisation, diversity and uncertainty in international biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  The Cartagena Protocol provides countries with an opportunity to assess the risks associated with a GMO before authorising it to be imported for the first time.
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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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  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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  Tracing policy connections: the politics of knowledge in the Green Revolution and biotechnology eras in India

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper compares policy making in the "Green Revolution" and "biotechnology" eras to explore the dynamic interaction of global and more local knowledge about agriculture, food and rural development.The paper argues that the biotechnology era is unquestionably different from the Green Revolution, in a number of key respects: the nature and complexity of policy narratives associated wi

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