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ADOPTION OF GENETICALLY CROPS ON THE US. By the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 2003. This product summarises the extent of adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops since their introduction in 1996. Three tables devoted to corn, cotton and soybeans cover the 2000-2003 period by State.
"North American Agricultural Market Integration and Its Impact on the Food and Fiber System," by Thomas L. Vollrath in AGRICULTURE INFORMATION BULLETIN (AIB784, 2003).
PROGRESS OR RETREAT IN THE DOHA ROUND? ANALYSING UNDERLYING POLICIES IN THE WTO AND THE HARBINSON PROPOSAL. By Christian Bjørnskov and Kim Martin Lind. This paper tracks the very few changes in members’ negotiation positions in the WTO since their last study, Bjørnskov and Lind (2002), in the period November 2001 until September 2003. They assess that there is no convergence towards a consensus and therefore ask two questions: has chairman Harbinson’s draft proposals reflected a genuine compromise effort; and have the drafts been balanced?
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2004: MAKING SERVICES WORK FOR POOR PEOPLE. By the World Bank, 2003. The report says that too often, key services fail poor people - in access, in quantity, in quality. This imperils a set of development targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which call for a halving of the global incidence of poverty, and broad improvements in human development by 2015.
A 2020 VISION FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. By the Initiative of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI tries to develop a shared vision and consensus for action on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. This set of 17 Focus briefs presents technical research results that encompass a wide range of subjects drawn from research on policy-relevant aspects of agriculture, poverty, nutrition, and the environment.
"Agricultural Biotechnology Development and Policy in China," by Jikun Huang and Qinfang Wang in AGBIOFORUM 5(4, 2003). This article provides an overview of China’s agricultural biotechnology development policies. Research goals, strategies, priorities, commercialisation, and China’s organizational framework for agricultural biotechnology development are presented. Included is a description of the evolution of China’s biosafety regulations as well as China’s research capacity building and public investment
ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN WELL-BEING. By the United Nations. This is the first product of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a four-year international work program designed to meet the needs of decision-makers for scientific information on the links between ecosystem change and human well-being. The book offers an overview of the project, describing the conceptual framework that is being used, defining its scope, and providing a baseline of understanding that all participants need to move forward.
POLICY THAT WORKS FOR FOREST AND PEOPLE: REAL PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNANCE AND LIVELIHOODS. By James Mayers and Stephen Bass, foreword by Jag Maini (Earthscan/IIED 1, 2004). Forestry can be a real force for better livelihoods and good governance. But a pattern of forest problems common to many countries including loss of natural forests, inequitable access, lack of information and resources and ossified institutions. Policy is at the root of most of most of the problems. This book is a study of policy processes that affect forests.
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CATALOGUE OF NON-WTO PUBLICATIONS ABOUT WTO ISSUES. This document compiled by the WTO bookshop lists many non-WTO publications that have been produced about WTO issues in various languages. These publications can be ordered directly from the publishers.