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GM Giants VS Seed Saviors: Food security, contested commercial interests and a host of hot button issues are germinating
Genetically modified seeds have been hailed as the key to ending global hunger, reducing pesticide use and transforming underproductive agriculture. But in the developing world, where those benefits are critically needed, smallholder farmers are also losing their livelihoods to huge industrial farms that outcompete them in the global marketplace. Who wins?
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- Agriculture
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NexThought Monday – A Better Way to Pay for R&D? (Part 1): The plan to enable everyone to buy drugs at manufacturing cost
Every year, millions of poor people around the world die because they can’t get the medicine they need. Professor Thomas Pogge has long touted an idea that he believes would get the medicine where it’s needed and ensure reasonable returns for pharmaceutical companies. Is it time to pay attention to the Health Impact Fund?
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- Health Care
