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  Technological catch-up and indigenous institutional infrastructures in latecomer natural resource-related industries: an exploration of the role of EMBRAPA in Brazil’s soybeans and forestry-based pulp and paper industries

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  This article reports the results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in natural resource-related industries in the context of developing/emerging economies.
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  Sugarcane agro-ecological zoning: greening the expansion of ethanol

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013

  The scale of Brazil’s ethanol production, demand and competitiveness is largely attributable to government initiatives. The varying levels of success of such initiatives can provide interesting lessons for other countries.
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  From manual to mechanical harvesting: reducing environmental impacts and increasing cogeneration potential

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012

  The pre-harvest burning of sugarcane leaves is a common practice that enables manual pickers to collect the crop quickly, suffering less personal injury. The burning process, however, has negative impacts on the environment, on human health and on the potential energy value of the plant.
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  Food and energy sovereignty now: Brazilian grassroots position on agroenergy

  The Oakland Institute, 2008

  Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports, providing 70% of the world's supply in 2006. While official accounts of the Brazilian government’s experiment with biofuels laud it as a global model for sustainable biomass production, it is increasingly being criticised and opposed by national social movements.
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  Spotlight on biofuels: the research challenge

  SciDev.Net, 2007

  Biofuels are described by some as absolutely catastrophic because of their potential consequences, while others see them as the driving force for development in some of the world's poorest regions. This edition of SciDev.Net picks a path between "doomsayers" and "utopians", and looks at the reality of biofuels research and development in the developing world.
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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.