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The Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR) and Biotechnology Policy Programme is the ACODE
programme that deals with policy related issues in the areas
of agriculture, access to and management of genetic resources,
science and technology, and intellectual property rights.
The programme activities are intended to inform and influence
policy decision making processes in the above areas to ensure
that they are responsive to the needs of the local communities. |
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The programme activities aim at achieving three major objectives
viz.,
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Promotion
of science and technology relevant to the needs of countries
in Eastern and Southern Africa, in particular, smallholder
farmers |
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Democratization of
the policy making processes in the areas of intellectual
property rights and science and technology (especially
biotechnology and biosafety) |
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Development of national,
regional and international biotechnology and biosafety
policies and legal frameworks that serve the needs of
countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and promote
a better understanding of such frameworks and their
implications for countries in the region. |
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