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    Regulating biotechnology in China: the politics of biosafety

    2003
    This working paper looks at the politics of biosafety regulation and risk assessment in China’s growing biotech industry with respect to genetically modified (GM) crops.The central question examined in this study asks who has the authority and legitimacy to make decisions about risks of a new technology such as GM crops.To this purpose, the author explores:
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    Izwi neTarisiro – Zimbabwe’s citizens jury

    2003
    This article is about a citizen’s jury in Zimbabwe that was held in a bid to improve the quality and relevance of policies that affect smallholder farmers who are struggling economically. The purpose of the jury was to locally adapt, test and evaluate a participatory, deliberative and inclusive framework that could encourage smallholder involvement in agricultural policy formulation.
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    GMO governance in Africa

    The Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development, The Open University, 2006
    This paper examines issues of legitimation and harmonisation of biosafety systems in GMO governance in Africa. It draws on case studies from emerging regulatory systems in Ethiopia and South Africa, which offer contrasting examples that evolved under different historical and socio-economic conditions.
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    Agri-biotech in Africa

    SciDev.Net, 2008
    Sub-Saharan Africa is a hotbed of activity in agricultural biotechnology — from research initiatives for tackling local pests to commercial growing of genetically modified crops. This SciDev.Net page on "Agro-biotech in Africa links to a collection of articles and policy briefs exploring related issues.
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    Need for international regulatory harmonisation in trade of genetically modified foods

    Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2008
    The need for international regulatory harmonisation for balancing global trade in biosafety and biotechnology products has been the focus of attention among various stakeholders both at the national and international level.
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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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    GM crops and developing countries: a UK food group briefing, July 2003

    UK Food Group, 2003
    This short two page briefing argues that in most developing countries, whose small-scale, labour-intensive agriculture is dramatically different from the UK, GM crops are at best irrelevant and at worst can threaten local food production.
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    The adoption and economics of Bt cotton in India: preliminary results from a study

    Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2006
    This paper presents preliminary results from a study of the economics and adoption of Bt cotton in India. Biotech crops, which made their appearance in the world about a decade ago, have gained substantial popularity and acceptance in many parts of the world including US, China, Australia, Mexico, Argentina and South Africa.
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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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    Ten years of genetically modified crops in Argentine agriculture

    Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Institute for Agricultural Technology), Argentina, 2006
    Argentina is the world's second largest producer of genetically modified (GM) crops, after the United States, with over 17 million hectares planted. This paper explores the assertion that the introduction of GM crops into Argentinian agriculture represents a turning point not only for the farm sector but for the economy as a whole.

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