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1. Laws and regulations enabling and restricting Africa’s vegetable seed sector

Author

Katrin A. Kuhlmann, Tara Francis, Indulekha Thomas, and Pepijn Schreinemachers

Subjects
seed system, seed policy, seed regulation, seed certification, regional harmonization, plant variety, private sector, plant variety protection, plant breeding, Agriculture
Abstract

Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa do not have much choice of quality seed of vegetable cultivars adapted to local growing conditions and consumer demand. Only a handful of vegetable seed companies invest in local breeding research, while nearly all rely on seed imports. Our objective was to analyse to what extent existing seed laws and regulations enable or restrict the development of a research-based vegetable seed sector in Africa. Using a regulatory value chain approach, we analysed written laws and regulations for 13 countries and interviewed private and public sector stakeholders. We generally find that countries have taken a government-centred approach to seed quality control without recognizing that government agencies have little capacity to do this properly for vegetable crops. Mandatory Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) trials and state-controlled seed certification are the two examples of regulatory approaches that may work for cereals but are not well suited for vegetables. No country has vegetable breeding as a goal in their national seed policy, and only four set out specific objectives for the vegetable seed sector. Tailoring seed policies, laws and regulations more specifically to vegetables could stimulate local variety development and seed production and benefit smallholder farmers and consumers at large.

Published
2023
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2. Tug of War: Photographs Capture Horror of Turkey's Offensive Into Syria; Turkey's offensive into Syria launched a new round of horror and death for fighters and civilians

Author

Chan, Tara Francis

Subjects
Syria -- Military aspects, Turkey -- Military policy, Turkey -- International relations, Syrian Uprising, 2011- -- International aspects -- Media coverage, Military aspects, Military policy, International aspects, Crimes against, Casualties, Media coverage, International relations, War photography, Military intervention -- Casualties -- Media coverage, Kurds -- Crimes against -- Casualties -- Media coverage, War crimes -- Media coverage
Published
2019

3. As the U.S. Targets China's 'Concentration Camps,' Xinjiang's Human Rights Crisis is Only Getting Worse; 'The unabated oppression that the Uyghur community faces at the hands of China is a stain on the conscience of the world,' Nancy Pelosi told Newsweek

Author

Chan, Tara Francis

Subjects
Xinjiang Uygur, China -- Political aspects, United States. Department of State -- Powers and duties, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Powers and duties, Powers and duties, Statistics, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political aspects, Civil rights, Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, United States foreign relations, Chinese foreign relations, Human rights -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S. federal government) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Concentration camps -- Political aspects, Uighurs -- Statistics -- Civil rights
Published
2019

5. Reconceptualizing Free Trade Agreements Through a Sustainable Development Lens

Author

Mushfiqur Rahman, Tara Francis, Maya Cohen, Fabiola Madrigal, Ata Nalbantoglu, Katrin Kuhlmann, Indulekha Thomas, and Malou Le Graet

Subjects
Sustainable development, Leverage (negotiation), Trade facilitation, Order (exchange), business.industry, Circular economy, Business, International trade, Intellectual property, Free trade, Trade agreement
Abstract

The current global pandemic illustrates that existing trade agreement models, including free trade agreements (FTAs), present challenges when countries must deal with exogenous shocks. As economies reopen worldwide, the time is ripe to re-conceptualize trade agreements and align them with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to afford a recovery that is both inclusive and equitable. This team report draws from New Market Lab’s program on FTAs and the SDGs. The report incorporates reforms, targeted mainly at FTAs, that could better leverage international trade to drive sustainable development. The report’s recommendations will examine some of the mainstays of FTAs (e.g., trade facilitation, intellectual property rights, and investment) and integrate under-represented topics (e.g., gender, small and medium-sized enterprises, and circular economy), addressing gaps from a sustainable development perspective and thereby ensuring an inclusive road to recovery.

Published
2020
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6. CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.

Author

CHAN, TARA FRANCIS

Subjects
*CLIMATE change, *UIGHUR (Turkic people), *MUSLIMS, *DETENTION facilities
Abstract

The article reports that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. The bill's progression comes weeks after the Pentagon estimated that between one to three million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities have been held in concentration camps. It adds that the label comes three years after China to stamp out religious influence in the northwest region of Xinjiang, started placing Uyghurs in detention.

Published
2019

7. Cloning of a functional vitamin D receptor from the lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), an ancient vertebrate lacking a calcified skeleton and teeth

Author

Grace Hsieh, John H. Youson, Ralph M. Bernstein, G. Kerr Whitfield, Hope Dang, Lori A. Manzon, John J. Marchalonis, Tara Francis Bunag, Samuel F. Schluter, Mark R. Haussler, and Carlos Encinas Dominguez

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Transcription, Genetic, Molecular Sequence Data, Gene Expression, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Calcitriol receptor, Intestinal absorption, Evolution, Molecular, Endocrinology, Calcification, Physiologic, Calcitriol, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, Hair cycle, Internal medicine, Gene expression, medicine, Animals, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Cloning, Molecular, Phylogeny, Reporter gene, biology, Base Sequence, Lamprey, Age Factors, Lampreys, biology.organism_classification, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Petromyzon, Cartilage, Vertebrates, Osteocalcin, biology.protein, Receptors, Calcitriol, Tooth
Abstract

The nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) mediates the actions of its 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) ligand to control gene expression in terrestrial vertebrates. Prominent functions of VDR-regulated genes are to promote intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphate for bone mineralization and to potentiate the hair cycle in mammals. We report the cloning of VDR from Petromyzon marinus, an unexpected finding because lampreys lack mineralized tissues and hair. Lamprey VDR (lampVDR) clones were obtained via RT-PCR from larval protospleen tissue and skin and mouth of juveniles. LampVDR expressed in transfected mammalian COS-7 cells bound 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) with high affinity, and transactivated a reporter gene linked to a vitamin D-responsive element from the human CYP3A4 gene, which encodes a P450 enzyme involved in xenobiotic detoxification. In tests with other vitamin D responsive elements, such as that from the rat osteocalcin gene, lampVDR showed little or no activity. Phylogenetic comparisons with nuclear receptors from other vertebrates revealed that lampVDR is a basal member of the VDR grouping, also closely related to the pregnane X receptors and constitutive androstane receptors. We propose that, in this evolutionarily ancient vertebrate, VDR may function in part, like pregnane X receptors and constitutive androstane receptors, to induce P450 enzymes for xenobiotic detoxification.

Published
2003

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