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106) Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons - Challenges in International Law and Governance
This book addresses how the collective pooling and management of shared plant genetic resources for food and agriculture can be supported through laws regulating access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use. Since the most important recent development in the field has...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2013
107) Plant Variety Protection in Practice in Vietnam: The Pains in the Gains Achieved
The report published by SEARICE, APBREBES and Fastenopfer analyses the factors which led to Vietnam’s agricultural development in the last few decades. The main finding of the research is simple: “While plant breeding is necessary, agricultural development must be detached from the notion that a...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
108) Status of seed legislation and policies in the Asia-Pacific region
The vast majority of the world’s food crops are annuals that are grown from seed sown at the start of each production season. The quality of that seed is a key determinant of production. Farmers cannot easily observe the quality or identity of seed at the point of sale, which creates a risk on the...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
109) Towards a Common Food Policy for the European Union – The Policy Reform and Realignment that is Required to Build Sustainable Food Systems in Europe
This report makes the case for a Common Food Policy for the European Union. It maps out a single, timebound vision for reforming European food systems under the umbrella of a Common Food Policy: a policy setting a direction of travel for the whole food system, bringing together the various sectoral policies...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
110) Farmers' Rights and Access and Benefit Sharing Mechanisms in Community Seed Banks in Nepal
Farmers' Rights and access and benefit-sharing (ABS) are important and interlinked issues in the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity. This chapter aims to assess the current status and policy gaps of implementing farmers' rights and ABS mechanisms with regard to community seed banks...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018