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.
- London : Ottawa [Ont.] Earthscan ; 2008.
- xxi, 266 p.
"Quaker International Affairs Programme."
Food, farming, and global rules / Geoff Tansey -- Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Graham Dutfield -- Bringing minimum global 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 Baumuller and Geoff Tansey -- Postcards from international negotiations / Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey -- Global rules, local needs / 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.