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

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  Ending African hunger: GM or agro-ecology?

  Open Democracy, 2003

  This article counters the claim that biotechnology can address hunger in ways that are effective, affordable and safe. Taking an article by Gordon Conway as a starting point, the author addresses a number of key issues, arguing for the need for great caution before we encourage poor, vulnerable farmers to chance their livelihoods on GM crops.
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  Ecological impact of GM crops: time for a sober scientific assessment

  Science in Africa, 2004

  Assessing the environmental impact of genetically modified (GM) crops requires more than just a tunnel vision approach which looks at hypothetical risks, this article argues.
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  Socio-economic and political concerns for GM foods and biotechnology adoption in the Philippines

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political and socio-economic concerns surrounding GM foods and bio-technology in the Philippines. It particularly focuses on past experiences and looking at what the future holds for GM in the country.
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  Biofortified crops and biotechnology: a political economy landscape for India

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper assesses the political receptivity to bio-fortification in India, especially when it involves genetic engineering. The paper draws on an understanding of political economy of pro-poor policies as well as the political responses to Bt cotton - the only GM crop that has received regulatory approval.
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  Patterns of political response to biofortified varieties of crops produced with different breeding techniques and agronomic traits

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This paper examines the political response to two crops that were nutritionally enhanced through conventional breeding - Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. It also looks at the political response to other food crops - maize, potato, and papaya ,as well as biofortified Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) rice, potatoes, cassava, and sorghum.
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  Biofortified food crops: progress and prospects in developing countries: patterns of political support and pathways to final impact

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This document presents a hypothetical scheme for predicting which bio-fortified food technologies will enjoy greatest political support or opposition and from which actors on the political landscape. It also examines the likely consequences of bio-fortified food crops in terms of actual nutritional impact.
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  Biofortified foods and crops in West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso

  AgBioForum, 2008

  This article examines the political landscape for the introduction of bio-fortified crops in west Africa. Focusing on Burkina Faso and Mali, it analyses the current state of bio-safety legislation and the political debates regarding genetically modified (GM) crops.
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  Law and modern biotechnology: selected issues of relevance to food and agriculture

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This study reviews international, regional and a selection of national laws related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), considering three categories of legal instruments: those dealing with biosafety, food safety and consumer protection.The study deals with issues such as:public participation in the regulatory policy-making processoversight mechanisms to examine the merits of
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  Regulating the use of genetic resources between international authorities

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006

  A large number of stakeholders are involved in the use of and the international transactions with genetic resources.
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  GM crops in India: is the government's policy stance justified?

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2006

  In assessing the policy stance taking by the government of India on the issue of GM technology, the author concludes that there is not sufficient economic justification for the government to promote the use of transgenic corps.