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Searching with a thematic focus on Technology and innovation in agriculture, Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs, Trade Policy, Intellectual Property Rights

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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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    China as a standard-setter: the examples of GM-cotton and ecological and food safety standards

    Asian Drivers Programme, Institute of Development Studies, 2006
    This paper examines the debates surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the cotton industry, and its impact on the textile market. The role of China as a pace-setter in this context is also analysed.
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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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    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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    Biotechnology politics in Delhi’s corridors of power

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Liberalisation in India relaxed several restrictions on the activities of foreign firms that operate locally. Consequently, an increasing number of multinational agricultural biotechnology companies set up operations in India. New Delhi’s biotechnology policy is now influenced by a small number of major foreign firms and local entrepreneurs with national and global connections.
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    Terminator technology: the economic benefits of sterile seeds

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Terminator technology – the emerging technology for inducing sterility in seeds – is potentially detrimental to both biodiversity and the livelihoods of poor farmers forced to buy fresh seed every year. Repeat seed purchase, however, provides greater scope for companies to capture returns on their research investments in plant breeding.
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    Governing the GM crop revolution: policy choices for developing countries

    2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
    This paper introduces a system for classifying policy choices toward GM crops in the areas of intellectual property rights, food safety, biosafety, trade, and public research investment.
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    Trips with everything? Intellectual property and the farming world

    Food Ethics Council, 2002
    This report briefly outlines some general issues arising in intellectual property (IP), in addition to discussing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in the World Trade Organization.
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    Regulation of biotechnology in LDCs: implications for technology development and transfer

    AgBioForum, 1999
    This paper explores the role of regulation in agricultural biotechnology innovation and diffusion in the developing world.
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    Intellectual property rights and concentration in agricultural biotechnology

    Cornell University Library, 2003
    This paper explores the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and structural change in the agricultural biotechnology industry.

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