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 : Earthscan, 2008.
- xxi, 266 pages ; 25 cm.
"Quaker International Affairs Programme.".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
Food, farming, and global rules / Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Bringing minimum global intellectual property standards into agriculture : the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) / Promoting and extending the reach of intellectual property : the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) / Safeguarding biodiversity : the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) / Giving priority to the commons : the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) / The negotiations web : complex connections / Responding to change / Postcards from international negotiations / Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey -- Graham Dutfield -- Pedro Roffe -- Maria Julia Oliva -- Susan Bragdon, Kathryn Garforth, and John E. Haapala, Jr. -- Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie -- Tasmin Rajotte -- Heike Baumüller and Geoff Tansey -- Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey -- Geoff Tansey.
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. Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.