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Trade barriers, 2, 64, 72–75, 73t, 160, 189
Trade liberalization. See Liberalization
Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) agreement. See TRIPS
agreement
Traditional (local) knowledge
biopiracy and, 84, 86, 187
importance of, 19, 167–69, 179–80
intellectual property rights and, 84, 86–87,
89–90, 187
loss of, 53
overview of, 38–40, 40t
trends in as driver, 132–33
Transgenic plants. See Genetically modified
organisms
Transportation, 92, 119
Treadle pumps, 21, 22
TRIPS agreement, 66, 82–86, 90–91, 103, 137,
186–87
Tsunamis, 8–9
Turtles, 105

U
Uncertainty, drivers and, 147–49, 148t–49t
Undercrops, 36
United States
anti-dumping measures and, 76–77
biofuels and, 107
free trade agreements and, 66
genetic engineering and, 95
intellectual property rights and, 86
trade and, 67
trade barriers and, 73, 73t

 

 

Universities, 137
Unofficial trade, 71
Unpaid work, overview of, 10–11
UPOV. See International Convention on the
Protection of New Plant Varieties
Urbanization, 2, 7, 10, 12, 31, 118–19, 124
Urban-periurban agriculture, 164–65

V
Vaccines, 172, 173
VCIP. SeeVillage Computer and Internet
Program
Vertical integration, 63–64, 65, 101–2
Vertical specialization, 65, 147
Vietnam, 68, 71
Village Computer and Internet Program (VCIP),
177
Village Forest Reserves, 42b
Village Knowledge Centers, 178
Violence of science, 139
Vitamin A deficiency, 50, 87

W
Washington Consensus, 80
Waste management, 6, 52–53
Water resources
climate change and, 143
dispute resolution and, 161
emerging challenges in, 162–63
food security and, 125–26
irrigation and, 19
limitations on, 20
overview of, 5

 

regional cooperation and, 129
sustainability and, 55
trends in as driver, 114, 141–42, 142f
uncertainties in, 148t
Waterlogging, 52
Weeds, 47–48, 48t, 53–54, 74, 175
Well-being, overview of, 2, 12–13
Wells, 21
Wheat, 7, 24, 28–29, 55, 75. See also Cereal
production; Rice-wheat farming
Wildlife, 40, 42b, 102
WIPO. See World Intellectual Property
Organization
Women. See Feminization of agriculture;
Gender roles
Wood products industry, 31, 32, 92
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), 33
World Bank, 91, 93–94, 96, 119
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), 90
World Trade Organization (WTO), 2, 65, 71b,
77–78, 103, 187, 189–90. See also
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards;
TRIPS agreement
WTO. See World Trade Organization

Y
Yellow River, 21, 23, 52
Yunus, Muhammad, 178

Z
Zero tillage, 23, 183
Zoonoses, 6, 9, 53, 165–66