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

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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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  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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  Globalisation and the international governance of modern biotechnology: development of IPR regime in India with reference to agricultural biotechnology

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper looks at debates over the evolution of the IPRs regime in India as it relates to agricultural biotechnology.

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