IPRs and food security
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- What are the forces and rules reshaping the food system in the 21st century?
- G. Tansey (ed);T. Rajotte (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2008
- In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some...
- GM crop policy in Brazil, China, India and Kenya
- R. Paarlberg / 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute , 2000
- This paper introduces a system for classifying policy choices toward GM crops in the areas of intellectual property rights, food safety, biosafety, trade, and public research investment. The paper pre...
- Developing legal frameworks for developing country needs: IPRs and food security
- P. Cullet / International Environmental Law Research Centre , 2003
- This paper examines the implications of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on food security and the agricultural sector. India is used as a case study.It argues that significant attention should ...
- Impact of intellectual property rights on food and agricultural markets
- G. Tansey / Syngenta Foundation, 2003
- This paper examines the overall process of change in the global regulation of plant genetic resources. Specifically, it pays attention to global rules on international property and to the range of int...
- When is benefit-sharing of plant genetic resources fair and equitable?
- B. Herold / Syngenta Foundation, 2003
- This paper presents the NGO viewpoint on how the benefit-sharing provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT) should be practically applied for all p...
- What linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management?
- R.S. Meinzen-Dick; M. Di Gregorio / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2004
- This collection of briefings studies the linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management. It argues that such linkages have important implications for technology a...
- Exploring food security, agricultural biotechnology and IPRs in a developing country context
- F. Yamin / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2003
- This paper examines the relationship between food security, agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property rights (IPRs), particularly for developing countries and poorer groups within those cou...
- Why GM crops are not the solution to world hunger and food injustice
- Food Ethics Council , 2003
- This report challenges the dominant view of the scientific establishment that the future of agriculture lies with genetic modification technologies. It argues that a general moratorium on their use in...
- What impact is PVP legislation having on the 'farmers privilege'?
- GRAIN, 2003
- This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’. The author argues that PVP legislation i...
- How Africa can get a share of the biotechnology spoils
- P. Kameri-Mbote / International Environmental Law Research Centre , 2002
- This paper asks how biotechnology can affect food security in Africa. It advices caution in either promoting or opposing biotechnology for its own sake.The paper argues that:no technology ...
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