Title: Intellectual property, agriculture and global food security : the privatization of crop diversity /
Authors: Chiarolla, Claudio.
Publisher: Edward Elgar,
Year: 2011
Subjects: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Germplasm resources, Plant Law and legislation.; Plant varieties Patents.; Plant diversity conservation Law and legislation.; Agrobiodiversity conservation Law and legislation.; Crops Germplasm resources; Intellectual property (International law); Crop diversification Government policy Vietnam.; Agrobiodiversity conservation Vietnam.; Food security Government policy.; Agriculture and state.; Privatization.
Abstract: This well-researched book focuses on international governance of crop diversity and agricultural innovation. It highlights the implications that the future control of food, including access to agricultural resources and technologies, might have for global food security.
Contents: Introduction and overview -- Patents, agricultural innovation and sustainable development -- Plant intellectual property protection: patents and plant variety rights -- The international legal framework of access to plant genetic resources and benefit sharing -- Case study: the regulation of crop diversity in Viet Nam -- Conclusions.