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.

9781844074303 (hardback) 1844074307 (hardback) 9781844074297 (pbk.) 1844074293 (pbk.)

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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.

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