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Plant genetic resources and food security : stakeholder perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture /
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rome : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : Bioversity International ; Earthscan,
2011.
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| Colección: | Issues in agricultural biodiversity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: A Treaty to Fight Hunger
- Past Negotiations, Present Situation and Future Challenges; Part I: Regional Perspectives on the Treaty; 2. Overview of Regional Approaches: The Negotiating Process of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Appendix: Chairman's Elements); 3. The African Regional Group: Creating Fair Play between North and South.
- 4. The Asian Regional Group5. The European Regional Group: Europe's Role and Positions during the Negotiations and Early Implementation of the International Treaty; 6. The Latin American and Caribbean Regional Group: A Long and Successful Process for the Protection, Conservation and Enhancing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; 7. The Near East Regional Group: Centring the Diversity for Unlocking the Genetic Potential; 8. The North American Group: Globalization That Works; 9. The South West Pacific Regional Group: A View from the Pacific Island Countries and Territories.
- Part II: Perspectives on the Treaty by Stakeholders in the World Food Chain10. International Non-governmental Organizations: The Hundred Year (or so) Seed War
- Seeds, Sovereignty and Civil Society
- A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of 'The Law of the Seed'; 11. International Research Centres: The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and the International Treaty; 12. The Seed Industry: Plant Breeding and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
- 13. Farmers' Communities: A Reflection on the Treaty from Small Farmers' Perspectives14. Gene Bank Curators: Towards Implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture by the Indian National Gene Bank; 15. Plant Breeders: The Point of View of a Plant Breeder on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; 16. The Global Crop Diversity Trust: An Essential Element of the Treaty's Funding Strategy; 17. Consumers: Biodiversity Is a Common Good.
- Part III: Experts' Views on Future Challenges in Implementing the Treaty: Trust and Benefit-sharing as the Key18. Our Heritage is Our Future
- Humankind's Responsibility for Food Security; 19. An Innovative and Transparent Option for Royalty Payment under the Treaty
- Implementing Article 6.11 Crop-related Modality of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement; 20. General Conclusions: Summary of Stakeholders' Views and Suggestions to Cope with the Challenges in the Implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
- Annex 1
- History, milestones and calendar of meetings of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.