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Intellectual property rights, technology diffusion, and agricultural development: Cross-country evidence:
Spielman, David J.; Ma, Xingliang - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been extensively debated in the literature on technology transfers and agricultural production in developing countries. However, few studies offer cross-country evidence on how IPRs affect yield growth, for example, by incentivizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132711
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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Los pobres y la globalización de los alimentos y la agricultura:
von Braun, Joachim; Diaz-Bonilla, Eugenio - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
El sistema agroalimentario mundial está experimentando una creciente globalización. A medida que la mayoría de los habitantes del mundo se trasladan a las ciudades y los que residen en zonas rurales y están conectados con la infraestructura adoptan estilos de vida urbanizados, el consumo de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987171
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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor:
von Braun, Joachim; Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
The economic impact of globalization, particularly on poverty, and the changes in agri-food markets have received much … by focusing on the way globalization of agri-food systems affects the world's poor and its impact on food and nutrition … security in developing countries. Rather than offering a single policy prescription or simplistic messages about globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997048
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Are there customary rights to plants?: an inquiry among the Baganda (Uganda), with special attention to gender
Howard, Patricia L.; Nabanoga, Gorettie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"Debates around Common Property Resources and Intellectual Property Rights fail to consider traditional and indigenous rights regimes that regulate plant resource exploitation, establish bundles of powers and obligations for heterogeneous groups of users, and create differential entitlements to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113257
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From the conservation of genetic diversity to the promotion of quality foodstuff: can the French model of 'Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée' be exported?
Boisvert, Valérie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Building on ongoing research, this paper aims at suggesting alternative ways to conventional IPR systems to promote local varieties and related knowledge in developing countries. Many attempts to protect genetic diversity and local knowledge through IPR are in jeopardy because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105961
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Intellectual property rights, private investment in research, and productivity growth in Indian agriculture: A review of evidence and options
Kolady, Deepthi; Spielman, David J.; Cavalieri, Anthony J. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
With the growth of private investment in developing-country agriculture, new advances in the biological sciences, and rapid integration of developing countries into the global trading system, intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become an important concern for policymakers, corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862333
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GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs
Chambers, Judith A.; Zambrano, Patricia; Falck-Zepeda, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132814
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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Economic development transforms an economy from one that is largely agricultural to one that is largely manufacturing and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to what its role should be in getting from here to there. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850557
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850583