The future control of food : a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security / edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte.

Other author Tansey, Geoff.
Other author Rajotte, Tasmin.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan ; Ottawa [Ont.] : International Development Research Centre, 2008.
Descriptionxxi, 266 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Food law and legislation.
Plant varieties--Patents. --Government policy.
Produce trade--Law and legislation.
Intellectual property (International law)
Food industry and trade--Standards.
Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.
Germplasm resources conservation.

Contents Food, farming, and global rules / Geoff Tansey -- Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Graham Dutfield -- Bringing minimum intellectual property standards into agriculture : the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) / Pedro Roffe -- Promoting and extending the reach of intellectual property : the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) / Maria Julia Oliva -- Safeguarding biodiversity : the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) / Susan Bragdon, Kathryn Garforth, and John E. Haapala, Jr -- Giving priority to the commons : the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) / Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie -- The negotiations web : complex connections / Tasmin Rajotte -- Responding to change / Heike Baumüller and Geoff Tansey -- Postcards from international negotiations / Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey -- Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey.
General note"Quaker International Affairs Programme."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
LCCN 2007034792
ISBN9781844074303 (hardback)
ISBN1844074307 (hardback)
ISBN9781844074297 (pbk.)
ISBN1844074293 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks K 3926 .F88 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold