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Hidden Uncertainties: What the European Commission Doesn't Want us to Know About the Risks of GMOs., April 2006.
By Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace.

EC-Biotech: Overview and Analysis of the Panel's Interim Report, March 2006.
By Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder and Maria Julia Oliva.

Overview of the WTO Biotech Dispute and the Interim Ruling, March 2006.
By Heike Baumüller, Knirie Sogaard and Yvonne Apea, ICTSD.

The "EC Biotech Products" Ruling at the World Trade Organization and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, March 2006.
By Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Agricultural Biotechnology: The US - EU Dispute, March 2006.
By Charles Hanrahan, US Congressional Research Service.

U.S. vs. EU: An Examination of the Trade Issues Surrounding Genetically Modified Food, December 2005.
By Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Training Module on the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phyotsanitary Measures, November 2005.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

International Trade in GMOs and GM Products: National and Multilateral Legal Frameworks, November 2005.
By Simonetta Zarrilli, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

U.S. Vs. EC Biotech Products Case: WTO Dispute Backgrounder, September 2005.
By Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

Causes and Consequences of International Trade Conflict over Agricultural Biotechnology, 2005.
By Thomas Bernauer, International Journal of Biotechnology 7 (1/2/3).

The GMO Dispute Before The WTO: Legal Implications For The Trade And Environment Debate, January 2005.
By Francesco Sindico, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.

Trade, standards and the political economy of genetically modified food, 2004.
By Kym Anderson, Richard Damania and Lee Ann Jackson, Policy Research Working Paper Series No. 3395, World Bank.

Genes, Trade, and Regulation: The Seeds of Conflict in Food Biotechnology, May 2004.
By Thomas Bernauer.

Domestic Import Regulations for Genetically Modified Organisms and their Compatibility with WTO Rules, August 2003.
By Heike Baumüller, International Institute for Sustainable Development and the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (IISD-ICTSD) Trade Knowledge Network.

Bio-Technology Regulations and the WTO, 2002.
By Ian Sheldon and Tim Josling, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC).

The Looming Trade War Over Plant Biotechnology, August 2002.
By Ronald Bailey, in Trade Policy Analysis 18.

Issues and Options for the Multilateral Regulation of GM Foods, 2001.
By Donald E. Buckingham and Peter W. B. Phillips in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Biotechnology: Can We Trade It? 2001.
By Maury E. Bredahl in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

GMOs, Trade Policy, and Welfare in Rich and Poor Countries, 2000.
By Chantal Nielsen and Kym Anderson, commissioned for the World Bank Workshop on Standards, Regulation and Trade, April 2000.

The Case For and Against Import Embargoes on Products of Biotechnology, 2000.
By James D. Gaisford and Carol Lau Chui-Ha in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Labelling, Co-existence, Segregation and Liability
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Risk, Genetically Modified Food, and the US/EU Divide, June 2007.
By Dave Toke.

A Review of International Labelling Policies of Genetically Modified Food to Evaluate India's Proposed Rule, June 2007.
By G.P. Gruère and S.R. Rao.

A Healthy Mix: Strategies for GM and Non-GM Crop Existence, 2007.
By Eliana Fontes, Science and Development Network.

New case studies on the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in European agriculture, 2006.
By The European Commission Joint Research Centre.

The Myth of Coexistence: Why Transgenic Crops Are Not Compatible With Agroecologically Based Systems of Production, August 2005.
By Miguel A. Altieri in Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society.

Genetically Modified Food And Feed: Traceability And Labeling In The Public Debate, June 2005.
By Lucia Martinelli and Floriana Marin (Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige).

Tackling GMO Contamination: Making Segregation and Identity Preservation a Reality, June 2005.
By Friends of the Earth.

Global Traceability and Labeling Requirements for Agricultural Biotechnology-Derived Products: Impacts and Implications for the United States, May 2005.
By the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA

Monsanto V Schmeiser: A Landmark Decision Concerning Farmer Liability And Transgenic Contamination, 2005.
By Philippe Cullet, Journal of Environmental Law (2005) Vol. 17 Number 1.

GMO Statutory Liability Regimes: An International Review, December 2004.
By Michael Migus, Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy.

Co-existence of GM and non GM crops: current experience and key principles, 2004.
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd.

Labelling, Legalisation and Sustainable Management of Forestry and Fisheries, September 2004.
By Olav Schram Stokke, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Co-existence of GM and non GM arable crops: the non GM and organic context in the EU, May 2004.
By Graham Brookes & Peter Barfoot, PG Economics Ltd.

Liability And Redress In The Field Of Biotechnology: Towards The Development Of Rules At The National And International Levels, 2004.
By P. Cullet, International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC).

Considerations regarding the Co-existence of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming, 2003.
By Greenpeace.

Co-existence of GM and non GM arable crops: case study of the UK., 2003.
By Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot, PG Economics.

Co-existence of GM and non GM crops: case study of maize grown in Spain.
By Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot, PG Economics.

Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture, May 2002.
By Anne-Katrin Bock, Karine Lheureux et al, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies and the Joint Research Centre (European Commission).

GMO Liability Threats For Farmers - Legal Issues Surrounding The Planting Of Genetically Modified Crops, November 2001.
By D. R. Moeller, published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Genetically Engineered Food Alert in collaboration with the Farmer to Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering.

GMO Contamination of Seeds, July 2001.
By Alexander Haslberger in Nature Biotechnology.

Pay up or pull out: liability, GMOs and the biotech industry, 2000.
By FOE Europe.

Protecting GMO Labeling from a WTO Challenge, 1999.
By Matthew Stilwell, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Cartagena Protocol
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Biotechnology in Crop Production and the Biosafety Protocol -- Implications for Cereal Trade, June 2007.
By the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Precautionary Priority in Biotech Crop Approvals and Containment of Commodities Shipments, 2007.
By By Thomas P. Redick.

Third World Network Biosafety Briefings, February 2006.
By Third World Network.

Brazil 2006: Global Standard on Identification of GMOs to be Decided By International Treaty, February 2006.
By Friends of the Earth International.

GM Import Laws and Dumping Grounds, February 2006.
By Greenpeace.

Resource Book for Biosafety & Biotechnology in East Africa, 2005
By BioEarn.

Assessing The Potential Impacts Of The Biosafety Protocol On Agricultural Trade, June 2005.
By Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes (University Of Missouri).

Implementing The Cartagena Protocol On Biosafety In The Developing Countries: Early Lessons Learned From Cameroon, June 2005.
By Augustine B. Njamnshi (Jurist, Bioresources Development And Conservation Programme Cameroon).

Report of the 2nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, June 2005.
By the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Biosafety Protocol: Multilateral Agreement on Protecting the Environment or Protectionist Club? April 2005.
By Anna L. Hobbs, Jill E. Hobbs and William A. Kerr in the Journal of World Trade 39(2).

Harmony or Havoc: Can the WTO, Biosafety Protocol and the Codex Alimentarius work together?, January 2005.
By Phil Bereano and Eliott Peacock, SciDevNet.

When Elephants Fight Over GMOS, October 2003.
By Tewolde Egziabher.

Liability and Redress in the Cartagena Protocol, November 2003.
Report of Workshop held by International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) and Biosafety Interdisciplinary Network (RIBIOS) of the University of Geneva.

The WTO and the Cartagena Protocol: International Policy Coordination or Conflict?, 2003.
By Grant E. Isaac in Current Agriculture, Food & Resource Issues 4: 16-123.

Genetically Modified Organisms and the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety: What is at stake for communities?, February 2003.
By Antonio G. M. La Vina, World Resources Institute.

Harmonisation, Diversity and Uncertainty in International Biosafety Regulation, 2003.
By R. Mackenzie and D. Glover, 'Democratising Biotechnology' Briefings Series published by the Institute of Development Studies.

Regulating biotech trade: the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 2000.
By Robert Falkner in International Affairs 76 (2), pp. 299-313.

Poverty Alleviation and Social and Economic Issues
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Crop Research to Benefit Poor Farmers in Marginal Areas of the Developing World: A Review of Technical Challenges and Tools, December 2006.
By Mauricio R. Bellon, Bioversity International.

Living the Promise? The Role of the Private Sector in Enabling Small-Scale Farmers to Benefit from Ago-Biotech, 2006.
By Diane Osgood, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 2006.

Economic Impact of GM Crops in Developing Countries, March 2006.
By Terri Taney.

An Analysis of Trade Related International Regulations of Genetically Modified Food and Their Effects on Developing Countries, February 2006
By Guillaume P. Gruere (International Food Policy Research Institute).

Who Benefits from GM Crops? Monsanto and the Corporate-Driven Genetically Modified Crop Revolution, January 2006.
By Friends of the Earth International.

Genetic Resource Policies: What is Diversity Worth to Farmers?, November 2005
By Melinda Smale and Amanda King, IFPRI.

From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution: How will the poor fare?, November 2005.
By P. Pingali and T. Raney.

Agriculture in the Developing World: Connecting Innovations in Plant Research to Downstream Applications, November 2005.
By Deborah P. Delmer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A Brave New World: Where Biotechnology and Human Rights Intersect.
By the Canadian Biotechnology Secretariat, October 2005.

Transgenic Crops to Address Third World Hunger? A Critical Analysis, August 2005.
By Peter M. Rosset in Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society.

Annotated bibliography on the economic and socio-economic impact of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries, May 2005.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Making the World Hungry for GM Crops, April 2005.
By GRAIN.

Evaluating the Acceptability of GM crops: The scope for Automony in developing countries, January 2005.
By Erik Millstone, University of Sussex.

Socio-Economic Considerations in Biosafety, 2005.
By Elizabeth Bravo, Acción Ecológica Ecuador.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-2004, 2004.
By the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

GM Technology: Assessing the issues confronting developing countries, July 2004.
Trade Negotiations Issue Brief, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council.

Social Constraints on Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries, 2004.
By Glenn Davis Stone, Washington University.

Biotechnology Applications In Food Processing: Can Developing Countries Benefit? 2004.
By the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture (FAO).

Biotech and World Hunger, March 2004.
By A. Fish & L. Rudenko. Commissioned by The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth and Development, January 2004.
By the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The Use of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries, December 2003
By S. Thomas, D. Burke, M. Gale, M. Lipton, and A. Weale; Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Regulating Biotechnology for the Poor? 2003.
By Peter Newell, 'Democratising Biotechnology' Briefings Series published by the Institute of Development Studies.

GM Crops: Going Against The Grain, May 2003.
By ActionAid.

Regulating GMOs in Developing and Transition Countries, April 2003.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Working Group on Biotechnology.

Agricultural Biotechnology: Will it Help? March 2003.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Focus.

Biotechnology, Trade, and Hunger, January 2003
By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Sherman Robinson

Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Counting the Cost, January 2003
By Bonwoo Koo, Philip G. Pardey, and Brian D.Wright

Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Needs and Modes of Competence Building, 2003.
By the Norwegian Centre for International Environment and Development Studies.

Can agricultural biotechnology be pro-poor? A sceptical look at the emerging 'consensus', 2002.
By Ian Scoones in IDS Bulletin 33(4).

Biotechnology, Agriculture, and the Developing World: The Distributional Implications of Technological Change, January 2002.
Ed. by Timothy Swanson.

The Status Of The Draft Of Conduct On Biotechnology: Report Of FAO Members And Stakeholders, 2002.
by the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Biotecnologie y bioseguridad: Una agenda positiva para las negociaciones comerciales, July 2002.
Documento preparado como Consultor para la UNCTAD para el Taller sobre Comercio y Ambiente Post Doha, San José, Costa Rica, 1- 2 de julio del 2002.

A Social Contract For Biotechnology: Shared Visions For Risky Technologies? 2002.
By D. M. Bruce, in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 15(3).

The economics of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation, 2002.
By D.S.Bullock, M.Desquilbet, and E.I. Nitsi.

Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology, 2002.
Ed. by R.E. Evenson, V. Santaniello and D. Zilberman.

Economic Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology, 2001.
By the US Department of Agriculture.

The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth, 2001.
By James Oehmke, Mywish Maredia and Dave Weatherspoon in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Biotech -- Who Wins? Economic Benefits and Costs of Biotechnology Innovations in Agriculture, 2001.
By GianCarlo Moschini in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Biotechnology: U.S. Grain Handlers Look Ahead, April 2000.
By Economic Research Service/USDA 29. Agricultural Outlook.

Biodiversity and Environment
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The Role of Biotechnology in Exploring and Protecting Agricultural Genetic Resources, 2006.
Edited by J. Ruane and A. Sonnino, FAO.

Strategic Environmental Assessment: Assessing the Environmental Impact of Biotechnology, December 2005.
By Nicholas A. Linacre, Joanne Gaskell, Mark W. Rosegrant, Jose Falck-Zepeda, Hector Quemada, Mark Halsey, and Regina Birner, IFPRI

Summary Document of 'The Role of Biotechnology for the Characterisation and Conservation of Crop, Forest, Animal and Fishery Genetic Resources in Developing Countries,' November 2005.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

GM Crops: The Global Economic And Environmental Impact - The First Nine Years (1996-2004), October 2005.
By Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot of PG Economics Ltd., UK.

The Role of Biotechnology for the Characterisation and Conservation of Crop, Forest, Animal and Fishery Genetic Resources in Developing Countries, June 2005.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety, May 2005.
By the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The Role of Biotechnology in the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Genetic Enhancement of Bioresources in Fragile Ecosystems, March 2005.
By Prashanth S. Raghavan and Ajay Parida, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation.

Private Research And Public Goods: Implications Of Biotechnology For Biodiversity, April 2004.
By T. Raney and P. Pingali, FAO's Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA).

Export Controls: Impediments to Technology Transfer under the Convention on Biological Diversity, January 2004.
By the Sunshine Project, Background Paper #13.

Biotechnology and Genetic Resource Policies: What is a Genebank worth?, December 2003.
Edited by M. Smale and B. Koo, IFPRI (Executive Summary).

Biotechnology and Genetic Resource Policies, January 2003.
Edited by Philip G. Pardey and Bonwoo Koo, EPTD Research at Glance, Briefs No. 1-6. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

The Release Of Genetically Modified Crops Into The Environment: Part II. Overview Of Ecological Risk Assessment, 2003.
By Anthony J. Conner, Travis R. Glare and Jan-Peter Nap, in The Plant Journal 33.

Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment: Science, Policy, and Social Issues, 1996.
By Sheldon Krimsky.

Health
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DNA for Peace: Reconciling Biodevelopment and Biosecurity, February 2006
By the Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Food And Nutrition Biotechnology: Achievements, Prospects, And Perceptions, 2005.
By A. Sasson.

Medical Biotechnology: Achievements, Prospects And Perceptions, August 2005.
By A. Sasson.

Modern Food Biotechnology, Human Health And Development, June 2005.
By the World Health Organisation.

Health Biotechnology Innovation in Developing Countries, December 2004.
By H. Thorsteinsdóttir, U. Quach, D.K. Martin, P.A. Singer and A. Daar in the Nature Biotechnology Supplement, Vol 22, No. 12.

Genetically Modified Plants For Food Use And Human Health - An Update, February 2002.
By the Royal Society UK.

Risk and Precaution
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Conceptualizing risk assessment methodology for genetically modified organism, 2005.
By Ryan A. Hill, Environ. Biosafety Res. 4 (2005) 67-70

Categories of GM Risk-Benefit Perceptions and their Antecedents, 2004.
By W. Bruce Traill et al.

Benefits and Risks of Food Biotechnology, June 2002.
By the California Council on Science and Technology.

From Rio to Johannesburg and Beyond: Globalizing Precaution for Genetically Modified Organisms, April 2002.
By Volker Lehmann, published by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation.

The Precautionary Principle And Ecological Hazards Of Genetically Modified Organisms, 2002.
By M. Giampietro in Ambio 31 (6).

The Politics Of Precaution: Genetically Modified Crops In Developing Countries, 2001.
By R. L. Paarlberg, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Public Participation and Opinion
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Europeans and Biotechnology in 2005: Patterns and Trends, May 2006.
By George Gaskell et al. (Eurobarometer).

Integrating Socio-economic Considerations into Biosafety Decisions: The role of public participation, September 2005.
By Lindsey Fransen et al, World Resources Institute.

Public Participation In Decision-Making Regarding GMO's In Developing Countries: How To Effectively Involve Rural People, 2005.
By the FAO Biotechnology Forum.

Who Decides? GM Crops in the Developing World, June 2005.
By Ehsan Masood, Panos Institute.

Public Acceptance Of New Food Safety Technologies, June 2005.
By J. Michael Best , Kent L. Wolfe, Chung Huang and John Mckissick (University Of Georgia).

Report of the 2nd meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, May 2005.
By the Aarhus Secretariat.

Report to Public Understanding of Biotechnology, April 2005.
By Stephen Rule and Zakes Ianga, Public Understanding of Biotechnology (PUB) Programme and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).

Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights, March 2005.
Edited by Sheldon and Peter Shorett.

Public Participation in the Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol, February 2005.
By Chee Yoke Ling and Lim Li Lin (Third World Network).

Public Participation In Decision-Making Regarding GMOs in Developing Countries: How to Effectively Involve Rural People, December 2004.
By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Public Attitudes Towards Agricultural Biotechnology, May 2004.
By Thomas J. Hoban. Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

'Democratising Biotechnology' Briefings Series, 2003.
Published by the Institute of Development Studies.

The Effects of Information on Consumer Demand For Biotech Foods, April 2003.
By the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.

Why Are Most Europeans Opposed to GMOs? Factors Explaining Rejection In France And Europe, April 2003..
By Sylvie Bonny, National Institute of Agricultural Research.

Anti GM Crop Sentiment and Policies in the European Union: Some Economic Consequences, 2002.
By G. Brookes, in Crop Biotech Brief 2(2).

The Decline of Substantial Equivalence: how civil society demoted a risky concept, 2002.
By Les Levidow and Joseph Murphy, presented at the conference ‘Science and citizenship in a global context: challenges from new technologies’ organised by the Institute of Development Studies, 12-13 December 2002.

Biotechnology and the Policy Process: Zimbabwe, July 2001
By Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere.

Differing US and European Perspectives on GMOs: Political, Economic and Cultural Issues, 2001.
By C. Ford Runge, Gian-Luca Bagnara and Lee Ann Jackson in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Regulation of genetically modified products in a multi-level system of governance: science or citizens? 2001.
By Tamara K. Hervey in Review of European Community and International Environment Law (RECIEL) 10(3): 321-333.

A Conflict of Legitimate Concerns or Pandering to Vested Interests? 2000.
By Nicholas Perdikis in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Is research a global public good? 2000
By Pinstrup-Andersen, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Regulation and Policy-Making
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Global Actors, Markets and Rules Driving the Diffusion of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries, 2006.
By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 2006.

Human Dignity: A Guide to Policy Making in the Biotechnology Era? January 2006.
By Timothy Caulfield and Roger Brownsword in Nature Reviews Genetics 7, 72-76.

Biosafety Laws: Co-Opted By Corporations, October 2005.
By GRAIN.

The way forward to strengthen national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity, July 2005.
By the FAO's Crop and Grassland Service (proceedings of February 2005 conference).

Main Conclusions And Recommendations For The Ministerial Conference Of Ecowas States On Biotechnology.
By Seydou Traore, June 2005.

Learning Module: Law And Policy Of Relevance To The Management Of Plant Genetic Resources, 2005
Edited by S. Bragdon, C. Fowler, Z. França and E. Goldberg (SGRP, IPGRI, and IFPRI)

Science, Agriculture and the Politics of Policy: The Case of Biotechnology in India, 2005
By Ian Scoones, Institute of Development Studies

Setting Standards: Biotechnology in the Marketplace, December 2004.
Proceedings from a Roundtable Discussion hosted by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Impacts of Biotech Regulation on Small Business and University Research: Possible Barriers and Potential Solutions, 2004.
By the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology and the USDA APHIS, Proceedings of a Roundtable discussion, 2-3 June.

FAO Glossaire de La Biotechnologies Pout L'Alimentation et L'Agriculture, 2004.
Compiled by M. Atallah.

Policy, National Regulation, and International Standards for GM Foods, January 2003
By Peter W. B. Phillips

Business and Biotechnology: Regulation and the Politics of Influence, 2003.
By P. Newell and D. Glover, Institute of Development Studies.

The Biotech Developmental State? Investigation the Chinese Gene Revolution, 2003.
By J. Keeley, Institute of Development Studies.

Biotechnology and the Politics of Regulation, 2002.
By Peter Newell, IDS Working Paper 146.

A Conceptual Framework For Implementing Biosafety: Linking Policy, Capacity, And Regulation, 2002.
By Morven A. McLean, Robert J. Frederick, Patricia L. Traynor, Joel I. Cohen, and John Komen; ISNAR Briefing Paper
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Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Policy Research Agenda
By John Mugabe, African Technology Policy Studies Network, 2002.

Who Controls and Who Will Benefit From Plant Genomics? February 2000.
By Charles Benbrook, presented at the AAAS Annual Meeting.

Biotechnology Priorities, Planning, and Policies - A Framework for Decision Making, 1994.
By Joel I. Cohen; Intermediary Biotechnology Service.

Regional and Crop Analysis
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Tarnishing Silver Bullets: Bt Technology Adoption, Bounded Rationality and the Outbreak of Secondary Pest Infestations in China, July 2006.
By Shengui Wang, David Just, Per Pinstrup-Andersen.

The failure of GE papaya in Hawaii, May 2006.
By Greenpeace International.

Promising Crop Biotechnologies for Smallholder Farmers in East Africa: Bananas and Maize, June 2006.
Edited by Melinda Smale, Svetlana Edmeades and Hugo De Groote (International Food Policy Research Institute).

Papaya: The Failure of GE Papaya in Hawaii, May 2006.
By Olga Shelego (Greenpeace).

Recent and Prospective Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: a Global Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Economic Impacts, May 2006.
By Kym Anderson, Ernesto Valenzuela and Lee Ann Jackson (World Bank).

A Gap Analysis of Confined Field Trial Application Forms for Genetically Modified Crops in East Africa: Evaluating the Potential for Harmonization., April 2006.
By Nicholas A. Linacre and Joel I. Cohen (International Food Policy Research Institute)

The First Decade of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States, April 2006.
By Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and Margriet Caswell, with contributions from Lorraine Mitchell, Elise Golan and Fred Kuchler, Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-11).

Comparative Analysis of the National Biosafety Regulatory Systems in East Africa, January 2006.
By Gregory Jaffe, International Food Policy Research Institute.

Development and Safe Use of Agrobiotechnologies in the Americas: Implications for the modernization of agriculture and the reduction of rural poverty, 2005.
Keynote speech by Albert Sasson, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura.

Farm Scale Evaluation, September 2005.
By the UK Royal Society's journal Biology Letters.

Biotechnology And The African Farmer, June 2005.
By Carl K. Eicher, Karim Maredia and Idah Sithole-Niang (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University).

Biotech Bugs: A Look at the Science and Public Policy Surrounding the Release of Genetically Modified Insects, July 2005.
By the Pew Initiative of Food and Biotechnology (proceedings of September 2004 conference).

Potential Regional Trade Implications Of Adopting Bt Cowpea In West And Central Africa, June 2005.
By Augustine Langyintuo (CIMMYT Zimbabwe).

Main Conclusions and Recommendations of the Ministerial of ECOWAS States on Biotechnology, June 2005
By Seydou Traore.

Trade And Protection: The Case Of GM Rice Adoption And Acceptance, June 2005.
By Eric J. Wailes And Alvaro Durand-Morat (University Of Arkansas).

Biotechnology, Agriculture, And Food Security In Southern Africa, June 2005.
By Steven Were Omamo and Klaus von Grebmer, the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Can GM Crops Alleviate Poverty In Africa? Evidence From Bt Maize Research In Kenya, June 2005
By Hugo De Groote And Stephen Mugo (International Maize And Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT).

Dynamics of biotechnology research and industry in India: Statistics, perspectives and key policy issues, May 2005.
By S. Chaturvedi, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI).

Trends in Modern Biotechnology and Biosafety: Implications on Trade for the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)/ Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), 2005.
By David K. Wafula and George M. Sikoyo as part of the RABESA Initiative ("Towards a Regional Approach to Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa").

History of Bt Cotton in India, April 2005.
By the Gene Campaign.

Hard Red Spring Wheat At A Genetic Crossroad: Rural Prosperity Or Corporate Hegemony? January 2005.
By R. Dennis Olson.

Science, Agriculture and the Politics of Policy: The Case of Biotechnology in India, 2005
By Ian Scoones, Institute of Development Studies

Putting GM Technologies to Work: Public Research Pipelines in Selected African Countries, November 2004.
Idah Sithole-Niang, Joel Cohen, and Patricia Zambrano. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 3 (11) November 2004, pp. 564-571.

Seed Industry Concentration, 2005
By the ETC Group.

An Overview of Regulation, Perceptions and Priorities for GM Crops in Asian Countries, 2005
By Purvi Mehta-Bhatt, Reynaldo V. Ebora, Joel I. Cohen, José Falck Zepeda, Patricia Zambrano, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review

Governing Biotechnology in Africa: Toward Consensus on Key Issues in Biosafety, September 2004.
By Fred Kalibwani, Julius Mugwagwa, Joel Cohen, John Komen, and Theresa Sengooba.

Non-Food GM Crops: New Dawn or False Hope? Part 2: Grasses, Flowers, Trees, Fibre Crops and Industrial Uses, 2004.
Sue Mayer, Genewatch.

Policy Dialogues on Genetically Modified Crops in Europe: Insights for African Policy Dialogues on Biotechnology, September 2004.
By Regina Birner and Gabriela Alcaraz.

Implications of genetically modified food technology policies for Sub-Saharan Africa, September 2004.
By Kym Anderson and Lee Ann Jackson

Rice Biotechnology: A Need for Developing Countries, 2004.
By Swapan K. Datta, International Rice Research Institute.

Genetically Modified Rice Adoption: Implications for Welfare and Poverty Alleviation, August 2004.
By Kym Anderson, Lee Ann Jackson and Chantal Pohl Nielsen (World Bank).

Tree Biotechnology: Regulation and International Trade, July 2004.
By Roger A. Sedjo.

REDBIO 2004 Presentations, June 2004.
Made at the 5th Latin American and Caribbean Meeting on Agricultural Biotechnology, held from 21 June to 25 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.

Benchmark Document on the Needs and Present Status of the Capacity Building in Biosafety of GM Crops in Asia, May 2004.
By Anupam Varma, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Sustainable Rice-Based Production Systems: Challenges and Opportunities, 2004.
By the FAO and the International Rice Commission (Papers from the February 2004 conference).

Report Of The Task Force On Application Of Agricultural Biotechnology, 2004.
By the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

Domesticating Global Policy on GMOs: Comparing China and India, 2003.
By P. Newell, Environment Team, Institute of Development Studies.

Understanding Local Perspectives: Participation of Resource Poor Farmers in Biotechnology - The Case of Wezda District of Zimbabwe, 2003.
By M. Saruchera and O. Matsungo, Environment Team, Institute of Development Studies.

Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use in the United States: The first Eight Years, November 2003.
By Charles Benbrook, published by the Northwest Science and Environmental Policy Center.

Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa, 2003.
Conference documents presented at the Regional Policy Dialogue, organised by IFPRI and FANRPAN, 25-26 April 2003.

Terminator Technology - Five Years Later, May/June 2003.
By the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group), Communiqué 79.

Science as a Smokescreen? A Report on the Farm Scale Evaluations of GM Herbicide Tolerant Crops, February 2003.
By Emily Diamand of Friends of the Earth (UK).

Performance of BT Cotton in India: Data from the First Commercial Crop, 2003.
By S. Sahai and S. Rahman, Gene Campaign.

Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture, 2002.
By Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS).

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): The Significance Of Gene Flow Through Pollen Transfer, 2002.
By K. Eastham and J. Sweet in Environmental Issue Report 28.

Agricultural Biotechnology and the FTAA: Issues and Opportunities, 2002.
By James D. Gaisford in The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy.

Manufacturing Drugs and Chemicals in Crops: Biopharming Poses New Threats to Consumers, Farmers, Food Companies and the Environment, June 2002.
By Genetically Engineered Food Alert Coalition.

Agricultural and Biological Diversity in Latin America: Implications for Development, Testing, and Commercialization of Herbicide-Resistant Crops, 2001.
By Charles R. Riches and Bernal E. Valverde.

Animal Biotechnology
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Workshop Proceedings On Moral And Ethical Aspects Of Genetically Engineered And Cloned Animals, October 2005.
By the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Biotechnology applications in animal health and production, April 2005.
Edited by A.A. MacKenzie in Scientific and Technical Review.

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: interaction between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Organisation for Animal Health, 2005
By C. Sendashonga, R. Hill & A. Petrini.

Bugs in the System? Issues in Science and Regulation of Genetically Modified Insects, January 2004.
By the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Future Fish: Issues in Science and Regulation of Transgenic Fish, January 2003.
By the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology.

Animal Biotechnology: Identifying Science Based Concerns, 2002.
Edited by Debra Davis.

Science policy and moral purity: The case of animal biotechnology, March 1997.
By Paul B. Thompson.

Animal Biotechnology and Ethics, 1997.
By Alan Holland and Andrew Johnson.

The Brave New World of Animal Biotechnology, 1994.
By Strachan Donnelley, Charles R. McCarthy and Rivers Singleton Jr.

Status of Biotech Adoption
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The Status of Agricultural Biotechnology and Biosafety in Ukraine, June 2006.
By FAO.

Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops
By Clive James, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (published annually).

Agricultural Biotechnology 2005: Regional Trends in Adoption and Acceptance, June 2005.
By Bio Economic Research Associates.

Poorer nations turn to publicly developed GM crops, January 2005.
By Joel I. Cohen in Nature Biotechnology.

Special Issue: Progress, Achievements and Constraints for Plant Biotechnology in Developing Countries, 2004.
Edited by Nigel Taylor, Lawrence Kent and Claude Fauquet in AgBioForum.

The Global Diffusion of Plant Biotechnology: International Adoption And Research in 2004, December 2004.
By C. Ford Runge. Published by the Council on Biotechnology Information.

Postponed Placing on the Market - A Report on the Second and Third Generation of Transgenic Plants, 2004.
By Benno Vogel and Christof Potthof, published by the Gene-ethical Network.

Genetically Engineered Organisms and the Environment: Current Status and Recommendation, February 2004.
Edited by A.A. Snow et al and published by the Ecological Society of America.

An Overview of Biotechnology Statistics in Selected Countries, December 2003.
By the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Monitoring Large Scale Releases of Genetically Modified Crops (EPG 1/5/84), December 2002.
By C. Norris and J. Sweet.

Adoption of Bioengineered Crops, May 2002
By Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo and William D. McBride.

Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER810) 67 pp, May 2002

Les Plantes Génétiquement Modifiées - Rapport sur la Science et la Technologie n°13, 2002.
By the French Academy of Sciences.

DATABASE: Biotech Safety Storehouse.
Provided by the US government's lists of genetically modified crops approved in the US.
 

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