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    Results from the FAO Biotechnology Forum: background and dialogue on selected issues

    Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture, FAO, 2006
    This publication presents background and summary documents from six moderated email conferences, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum from 2002 to 2005. The Forum had the aim of providing quality balanced information on agricultural biotechnology in developing countries and making a neutral platform available for people to exchange views and experiences on this sometimes controversial subject.
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    Farmers' rights in India: a case study

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2006
    India is among the first countries in the world to have passed Farmers’ Rights and plant variety protection legislation. This study analyses the achievements, barriers and limitations of India’s approach so far.
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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.
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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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    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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    Agricultural Biotechnology Research Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (Technology Policy Brief)

    United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 2004
    A widely accepted mechanism for providing developing countries with access to proprietary biotechnology products and tools is the formation of partnerships between Southern and Northern research institutions and multinational private companies.
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    On science and precaution in the management of technological risk

    European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 2001
    This paper discusses the debate over the relative merits of scientific and precautionary approaches to the management of technological risk.The paper highlights the following points:rather than seeing ‘precaution’ as being in tension with ‘science based regulation’, the key elements of a precautionary approach are entirely consistent with sound scientific practice in responding to intra
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    Agricultural biotechnology: risks and opportunities for developing country food security

    2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
    This paper provides a substantial input into the debate on the role of modern agricultural biotechnology in developing countries.
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    Agricultural biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?

    Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004
    This annual FAO State of Food and Agriculture report attempts to unravel the contrasting views on agricultural biotechnology as a tool to address food insecurity and malnutrition in developing countries.
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    Innovation and policy process: case of transgenic sweet potato in Kenya

    Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2002
    Biotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development, characterised by conventional technology, public goods research and centralised and hierarchical organisation.

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