Governing agrobiodiversity plant genetics and developing countries /

• Main Author: Andersen, Regine, 1963-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
• Series: Global environmental governance series.
• Subjects: Agriculture and state > Developing countries.; Agrobiodiversity > Developing countries.; Genetically modified foods > Law and legislation.; Plant diversity conservation > Developing countries.; Plant varieties > Patents.; Agriculture and state.; Agrobiodiversity.; Agrobiodiversity conservation.; Genetically modified foods.; Plant diversity conservation.; Plant varieties.; SCIENCE > Biological Diversity. > Life Sciences; NATURE > Wildlife. > Animals; Electronic books.
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Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops and is therefore a central precondition for food security. This important book contributes to our understanding of how international regimes affect the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in developing countr...

Table of Contents:

• Relevance and objectives of the study
• Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture : foundations of the topic
• Research questions and analytical framework
• Research strategy and methods
• The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture with the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources
• The Convention on Biological Diversity
• The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
• Regime overlap, interaction and resulting constellations
• Effects in the Philippines
• Mechanisms of influence of international regimes : two cases
• The aggregate effects of international regimes on PGRFA management in developing countries
• Implications of the findings and challenges ahead.