Erusma

Recent project

Indonesia and Nepal

Erusma is assiting Nepal and Indonesia in designing policy framework for a bio-secure agriculture system
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Bangladesh

Erusma is assisting the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), in collaboration with ICNet, in ex-post monitoring of Rural Development Credit (Grameen Bank) project and the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project. (NEXT): Research on impacts of international standards and regulations on poverty, food security and livelihood of small farmers.
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Policy Paper

Global Bio-secure Agriculture

Traditionnaly, agriculture development policies have focused largely on creating a conducive environment for adoption of technologies and better practices for increasing production. However, the green revolution technologies and emerging bio-technologies have raised concern for bio-security and food safety. As global food security becomes increasingly dependent on international trade, the potential repercussion of unsafe food have expanded dramatically. This paper presents the need to focus on policies for creating an enable environment and providing incentive for a biosecure agriculture.
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