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Searching with a thematic focus on Environment, Agriculture and food, Biotechnology and GMOs in India

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  Dirty cotton - a research on child labour, slavery, trafficking and exploitation in cotton and cotton seed farming in India

  Global March Against Child Labour, 2012

  The introduction of genetically modified or BT cotton in India has increased the demand for cheap labour.  Recognising the need to understand and address the growing concern over the engagement of children in the cotton industry in India, this study examines the issue of child labour in four cotton and cotton seed growing states in – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra
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  Local and global elites join hands: development and diffusion of Bt cotton technology in Gujarat

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  While experts and activists question genetically engineered seed technology in the name of farmers’ interests and a greater democratic future, farmers themselves are voting with their feet in its favour.
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  GM in India: the battle over Bt cotton

  SciDev.Net, 2006

  This article explores the chequered history of GM technology in India, arguing that much of the country's GM debate (the polarised opinions of the pro-GM government and industry and anti-GM activists) stems from the introduction of Bt cotton into India by US biotech giant Monsanto in 1995. The authors argues that Bt cotton, contrary to the positive picture of Bt cotton's impacts painted by the
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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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  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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  Food security and intellectual property rights in developing countries

  International Environmental Law Research Centre, 2003

  This paper examines the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on food security and the agricultural sector.
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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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  Domesticating global policy on GMOs: comparing China and India

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy. It is a complex story of selective interpretation, conflict over priorities and politicking at the highest levels of government.