Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons

Challenges in International Law and Governance

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Cover of the book Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781136529481
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 27, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781136529481
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 27, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were driven by) imperialism, colonization, emigration, trade, development assistance and climate change. As crops have moved around the world, and agricultural innovation and production systems have expanded, so too has the scope and coverage of pools of shared plant genetic resources that support those systems. The range of actors involved in their conservation and use has also increased dramatically. 

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 been the creation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, many of the chapters in this book will focus on the architecture and functioning of that system. The book analyzes tensions that are threatening to undermine the potential of access and benefit-sharing laws to support the collective pooling of plant genetic resources, and identifies opportunities to address those tensions in ways that could increase the scope, utility and sustainability of the global crop commons.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were driven by) imperialism, colonization, emigration, trade, development assistance and climate change. As crops have moved around the world, and agricultural innovation and production systems have expanded, so too has the scope and coverage of pools of shared plant genetic resources that support those systems. The range of actors involved in their conservation and use has also increased dramatically. 

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 been the creation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, many of the chapters in this book will focus on the architecture and functioning of that system. The book analyzes tensions that are threatening to undermine the potential of access and benefit-sharing laws to support the collective pooling of plant genetic resources, and identifies opportunities to address those tensions in ways that could increase the scope, utility and sustainability of the global crop commons.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Care in the Community by
Cover of the book Revival: Hypnotism and Suggestion (1901) by
Cover of the book Elemental Architecture by
Cover of the book Body Image as an Everyday Problematic by
Cover of the book Management Economics: An Accelerated Approach by
Cover of the book Contemporary Issues in Pharmaceutical Patent Law by
Cover of the book Heresy in Transition by
Cover of the book God Laughed by
Cover of the book Growing Points in Developmental Science by
Cover of the book Democratic Spain by
Cover of the book Macro Socio-economics: From Theory to Activism by
Cover of the book Critical Theory and The English Teacher by
Cover of the book Passive House Details by
Cover of the book Arts-Based Research in Education by
Cover of the book European Directory of Sustainable and Energy Efficient Building 1999 by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy