Intellectual property, agriculture and global food security
Subtitle: the privatization of crop diversity
By: Claudio Chiarolla
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781849807333
Subjects: Plant varieties; Crop diversification; Crops; Law and legislation; Germplasm resources; Plant diversity conservation; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Plant Germplasm resources; Government policy; Agrobiodiversity conservation; Intellectual property (International law); Patents
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-225) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Patents, agricultural innovation and sustainable development; title: Plant intellectual property protection: patents and plant variety rights; title: The international legal framework of access to plant genetic resources and benefit sharing; title: Case study: the regulation of crop diversity in Viet Nam; title: Conclusions.