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GMOs and poverty : definitions, methods and the silver bullet paradox
Dowd-Uribe, Brian - In: Canadian journal of development studies 38 (2017) 1, pp. 129-138
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Agricultural Biotechnologies, Transgenic Crops and the Poor : Opportunities and Challenges
Mechlem, Kerstin - 2013
developing countries is to help alleviate poverty and food insecurity, and to contribute to a better realisation of human rights …
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Can genetically modified crops help the poor? : incomplete answers to a flawed question
Schnurr, Matthew A. <Prof.> - In: Canadian journal of development studies 38 (2017) 1, pp. 125-128
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Agricultural Biotechnologies, Transgenic Crops and the Poor : Opportunities and Challenges
Mechlem, Kerstin - 2013
At the November 2009 World Summit on Food Security, states concluded that increasing agricultural productivity is the main means to meet the growing demand for food. They nominated agricultural biotechnology as a way of achieving this goal. A few months later, the Food and Agriculture...
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Hunger and sustainability
Sánchez García, José Luis; Pérez, Ismael Beiro; … - In: Economic research 32 (2019) 1,1, pp. 850-875
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From the green revolution to the gene revolution : review of agricultural biotechnology ; meeting the needs of the poor?
Paarlberg, Robert L. - In: The development economics reader, (pp. 362-366). 2008
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Agricultural Biotechnology and the Right to Food
Mechlem, Kerstin; Raney, Terri - 2013
The spread of agricultural biotechnologies, and the conditions conducive to their development, have economic, social and environmental implications. This paper explores these implications for the realization of the right to food emphasizing genetic engineering as the most controversial...
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Agricultural Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction and Food Security in Ghana
Yawson, Robert M. - 2013
In recent weeks one aspect of science that has echoed through the media is biotechnology. To the non-scientist it all looks very confusing. The misconception of biotechnology is a problem the whole world over. Although biotechnology as a discipline has been in existence for many years, in...
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Genetically Modified Crops and Agricultural Development
Qaim, Matin - 2016
This book analyzes the impacts of current and possible future GM crop applications and shows that these technologies can contribute substantially to sustainable agricultural development and food security
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Poverty Impacts of Improved Agricultural Productivity : Opportunities for Genetically Modified Crops
Ivanic, Maros; Martin, Will - 2010
adoption of genetically modified plants--for household incomes, farmer profits, and poverty. Higher agricultural productivity … resulting from increased investments in research and development is found capable of significantly lowering poverty by lowering … raising agricultural productivity among the developing countries only is sufficient to achieve most poverty reduction in the …
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