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  1. Participatory plant breeding and property rights by CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation

    Published 2001
    “…Participatory plant-breeding (PPB) efforts have proliferated within the last 10 years; however, other key aspects have yet to be explored, As in many other fields, the property rights and ethical issues of participatory plant breeding are lagging far behind technical advances, The urgency to define property-rights issues for PPB arises al an opportune time, This paper introduces incipient work (including development of a state-of-the-art paper) on property rights (Le., legal ¡issues, best-practice options to guide field programs, and ethical concerts in PPB work) and participatory plant breeding, Steps for development of the state-of-the-art paper and the types and issues lo be covered are listed.…”
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    Book Chapter
  2. Implementing farmers' rights in genetic resources: Approaches to benefit sharing by Pachico, Douglas H.

    Published 2001
    “…With the advent of biotechnology and the emergence of property rights in genetic materials, the distribution of benefits from genetic resources is an issue of growing importance. …”
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    Journal Article
  3. Wealth, rights, and resilience: An agenda for governance reform in small-scale fisheries by Ratner, Blake D., Allison, Edward H.

    Published 2012
    “…This article contrasts three perspectives on governance reform focused alternately on wealth, rights and resilience, and argues that – far from being incompatible – these perspectives serve as useful counterweights to one another, and together can serve to guide policy responses. …”
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  4. The distribution of benefits from ownership rights in genetic resources: the case of beans by Pachico, Douglas H.

    Published 2000
    “…With the advent of biotechnology and the emergence of property rights in genetic materials, the economic value of genetic resources is an issue of growing importance. …”
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    Informe técnico
  5. New Rights for forest-based communities?: understanding processes of forest tenure reform by Larson, A.M., Barry, D.M., Dahal, G.R.

    Published 2010
    “…The project, led by the Center for International Forestry Research in coordination with the Rights and Resources Initiative in 2006-2008, sought to identify issues and concerns from the perspective of socially and economically vulnerable groups that were seeking rights reforms. …”
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    Journal Article
  6. Water rights and multiple water uses: framework and application to Kirindi Oya irrigation system, Sri Lanka by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Bakker, Margaretha

    Published 2000
    “…The growing attention to water rights in recent years reflects the increasing scarcity and competition for this vital resource. …”
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    Artículo preliminar
  7. Responding to the world food crisis-- Getting on the Right Track: IFPRI 2007-2008 Annual Report Essay by von Braun, Joachim

    Published 2008
    “…Much more investment and sound coordination is needed in this area. So far, national and international responses to the food crisis are mixed in terms of their likely effectiveness. …”
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    Artículo preliminar
  8. The effect of land access on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia by Kosec, Katrina, Ghebru, Hosaena, Holtemeyer, Brian, Mueller, Valerie, Schmidt, Emily

    Published 2017
    “…On the other hand, the regulatory conditions and restrictions attached to land use and inheritance rights may serve as a pull factor and force youth to be tied to the rural and/or farming sector. …”
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    Artículo preliminar
  9. Pangani river basin over time and space: on the interface of local and basin level responses by Komakech, H.C., van Koppen, Barbara, Mahoo, H.F., Zaag, P. van der

    Published 2011
    “…Attempts by the state government to establish 'order' in the basin by issuing water rights, levying water fees and designing a new basin institutional set-up have so far proven problematic, and instead generated 'noise' at the interface. …”
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    Journal Article
  10. Unchartered innovation?: local reforms of national formal water management in the Mkoji sub-catchment, Tanzania by Mehari, A., van Koppen, Barbara, McCartney, Matthew P., Lankford, B.A.

    Published 2009
    “…Major findings were: (1) a good mix of formal (water fees and WUAs) and traditional (rotation-based water sharing, the Zamu) systems improved village-level water management services and reduced intra-scheme conflicts; (2) the water rights system has not brought abstractions into line with allocations and (3) so far, the MSC Apex body failed to mitigate inter-scheme conflicts. …”
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