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Impacts of bt brinjal (eggplant) technology in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Islam, Kazi M. S., Rahman Khan, A. S. M. M., Abedin, Naveen, Hossain, Nusrat Z., Ghostlaw, Julie, Parvin, Aklima, Quabili, Wahid, Rahaman, S. M. Tahsin, Rahman, Waziha, Redoy, Md., Zubaid, Shabnaz

“…Frequent criticisms include claims that they are harmful to the environment, damaging to human health, and inaccessible to small farmers for cost or intellectual property reasons. It is also claimed that GM crops (including Bt brinjal) convey no yield benefits, with critics noting that much of the work on economic benefits was based on observational data rather than randomized controlled trials (RCTs). …”
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Agricultural research and productivity growth in India by Evenson, Robert E., Pray, Carl E., Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Industrial policy and technology policy, including intellectual property rights policy, will require careful evaluation and reform in order to encourage private investment in agriculture. …”
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Fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescent secondary school students in Boukombe and Natitingou, North Benin by Houndolo, Melina Maureen, Houndolo, Sam, Jordan, Irmgard, Majaliwa, Elianna, Koukou, Elie, Ngianga-Bakwin, Kandala, Azandjeme, Colette, Katsivo, Melanie Nyambura, Termote, Céline, Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa

“…Such low F&V consumption among surveyed students is a matter of public health concern, as it is likely to affect their health―in terms of micronutrient deficiency―and intellectual performance. These results should incentivize nutrition researchers, project managers, public health officials, and policymakers to (re)design and implement broader measures targeting secondary school students’ dietary practices to increase their F&V consumption.…”
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An impact assessment of IITAs benchmark area approach by Douthwaite, Boru, Baker, D., Weise, Stephan F., Gockowski, J., Manyong, Victor M., Keatinge, J.D.H.

“…It is these “social” scaling-up processes, in addition to the “technical” characterization processes, that are the international public goods INRM needs to show it can produce to be truly successful. An intellectual challenge facing the BAA is to develop characterization approaches that take into account the social and cultural factors known to influence the likelihood of adoption. …”
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Food system innovations and digital technologies to foster productivity growth and rural transformation by Benfica, Rui, Chambers, Judith A., Koo, Jawoo, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Stads, Gert-Jan, Arndt, Channing

“…At the global level, the engagement of low- and middle income countries with global players should be facilitated so as to strengthen intellectual property (IP) access and management of innovations; and North– South, South–South, and triangular cooperation should be promoted to strengthen LMICs’ regulatory capabilities. …”
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Food Policy Research Capacity Indicators (FPRCI), 2010-2019 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI views this as a reflection of the local enabling intellectual environment for food policy research. This indicator allows for comparison across countries, as it ensures an internationally accepted standard of quality for publications. …”
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Scholarly publishing initiatives at the International Rice Research Institute: linking users to public goods via open access by Borrero, Albert, Ramos, Mila, Arsenal, Anna, Lopez, Katherine, Hettel, Gene

“…Open access publishing is one model to adopt but first, the onus is on the Institute to overcome issues such as intellectual property rights, funding, and connectivity. …”
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Balancing public and private sector roles in an effective seed supply system by Loch, D.S, Boyce, K.G

“…The latter shift has been brought about by the commercial opportunities presented by genetic engineering and legal protection of the intellectual property (IP) in new plant varieties, coupled with a shift in government policy towards deregulation of the economy (and so greater industry self-regulation in areas like quality assurance). …”
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100 years of ecology: what are our concepts and are they useful by Reiners, William A., Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Reiners, Derek S., Prager, Steven D.

“…These results help us to understand ourselves and our science, to better teach ecology, to guide the initiatives of the collective ecological community, and to further explore the extent and intellectual structure of the principal concepts by which ecologists pursue their work.…”
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Finns det ej någon tjej till mig? : kontaktannonser i tidningen Land 1979-2019 by Hedelin, Matilda

När gräset blir tillgängligt : en studie av den fysiska miljöns roll vid särskilda boenden och daglig verksamhet by Moberg, Emma

Food system innovations and digital technologies to foster productivity growth and rural transformation by Benfica, Rui, Chambers, Judith A., Koo, Jawoo, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Stads, Gert-Jan, Arndt, Channing

“…At the global level, the engagement of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with global players should be facilitated to strengthen intellectual property (IP) access and the management of innovations; and North–South, South–South, and triangular cooperation should be promoted to strengthen LMICs’ regulatory capabilities. …”
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Patent landscape report on inventions based on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) and Related Digital Sequence Information Genetic Sequence Data (DSI/GSD). Ex... by Chiarolla, Claudio, Kock, Michael A, Oldham, Paul, Halewood, Michael, Lopez Noriega, Isabel, Kindness, Jasmine

“…We identify options that Contracting Parties to the Treaty could consider in order to address the issues raised in this report, including means to ensure ‘findable’ disclosures of MLS materials in patent filings, and suggest further analysis and/or guidelines, to be developed by the Technical Advisory Group on the MLS and Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA), to address the relationship of different types of patent claims to Treaty Article 12.3(d), which provides that: “Recipients shall not claim any intellectual property or other rights that limit the facilitated access to [PGRFA], or their genetic parts or components, in the form received from the Multilateral System.”…”
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Need for advocacy for effective participatory crop improvement and plant genetic resource enhancement: Case studies on rice-breeding processes from Khotang and JaJarkot Districts,... by Ghale, Yamuna

“…The trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPs) agreement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a major threat to crop and variety development and genetic resource enhancement. …”
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Análisis comparativo de sistemas de innovación agropecuaria : Sistema Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria de México by Rincón Novoa, Rubiela

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Strengthening the economic sustainability of community seed banks. A sustainable approach to enhance agrobiodiversity in the production systems in low-income countries by Falcis, Eleonora de, Gauchan, Devendra, Nankya, Rose, Martínez Cotto, Sergio, Jarvis, Devra I., Lewis, Laura, Santis, Paola de

“…Time and costs for developing new varieties laid the ground for intellectual property rights (IPR) acting as a strong incentive for private investment. …”
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Diseño e implementación de un modelo de transferencia tecnológica para el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial de Cundinamarca

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The future of food: domestication and commercialization of indigenous food crops in Africa over the third decade (2012–2021) by Leakey, R.R.B., Tientcheu Avana, M.-L., Awazi, N. P., Assogbadjo, A. E., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Hendre, P. S., Degrande, A., Hlahla, S., Manda, L.

“…However, the testing of putative cultivars; the implementation of participatory principles; the protection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights; and the selection of elite trees and ideotypes remain under-researched. …”
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Towards gender-transformative metrics in seed system performance measurement: Insights for policy and practice in Sub-Sahara Africa by Nchanji, Eileen B., Ageyo, Odhiambo C., Puskur, Ranjitha, Templer, Noel, Maereka, Enock K.

“…Online databases and repositories with key search words that returned 204 results including some gray literature.Using common bean seed system as an illustration, the study found critical gaps in measuring seed industry performance, innovation, structure, seed registration and quality control, intellectual property rights using the reach, benefit, empower and transform approach. …”
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Theory, practice and upgrading of pairwise assistance: A literature review and inspiration by Wang, Jian-ying, Wang, Yu-ying, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Further, from economic and intellectual perspectives, the policy tools of pairwise assistance are analyzed. …”
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