The future control of food : a guide to international negotiation s and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security /
edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte.
- London ; Sterling, VA : Ottawa [Ont.] : Earthscan ; Inte rnational Development Research Centre, 2008.
- xxi, 266 p. ; 25 cm.
"Quaker International Affairs Programme."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
Food, farming, and global rules / Turning plan t varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Bringing minimum global intellectual property standard s into agriculture : the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellec tual Property Rights (TRIPS) / Promoting and exten ding the reach of intellectual property : the World Intellectual Proper ty Organisation (WIPO) / Safeguarding biodiv ersity : the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) / Giving priority to the commons : the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for F ood and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) / Responding to change / Postcards from international negotiations / Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey -- Graha m Dutfield -- Pedro Roffe -- Maria Julia Oliva -- Susan Bragdo n, Kathryn Garforth, and John E. Haapala, Jr. -- Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie - - Ât The negotiations web : complex connections / Tasmin Rajotte -- Heike BaumuÌller and Geoff Tansey -- Peter Drahos and Geoff T ansey -- Geoff Tansey.
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Food law and legislation. Plant varieties-- Government policy.-- Patents Produce trade-- Law and legislation. Intellectual property (International law) Food industry and trade-- Standards. Biodiversity conservation-- Law and legislation. Genetic resources conservation-- Law and legislation.