Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda
Since the 1970's, the worldwide capacity of genebanks for ex situ conservation of crop genetic resources has increased greatly. This has increased the accessibility of landraces and wild and weedy relatives to crop breeders; in situ conservation, though essential, is not an efficient means of furnis...
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1996
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| description | Since the 1970's, the worldwide capacity of genebanks for ex situ conservation of crop genetic resources has increased greatly. This has increased the accessibility of landraces and wild and weedy relatives to crop breeders; in situ conservation, though essential, is not an efficient means of furnishing genebanking services. But utilization of genebank resources has not kept pace. The set of popular cultivars in major crops is typically rather small, and their ancestry encompasses only a small fraction of the genetic diversity currently available in other cultivars. Discussions of farmers' rights that focus on compensation for current incorporation of farmers' varieties in new cultivars have diverted attention from the question of why so little of the newly accessible genetic diversity is currently being utilized by public and private breeders. To optimize the future provision of genebank services, research is needed on the costs of genebanks, the market for their services, the use of genetic resources by breeders, and the implications of recognition of farmers' rights, evolving intellectual property rights, continued funding problems and developments in biotechnology. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570892025-11-06T06:36:10Z Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda Wright, Brian D. biotechnology gene banks plant breeding intellectual property rights plant genetic resources Since the 1970's, the worldwide capacity of genebanks for ex situ conservation of crop genetic resources has increased greatly. This has increased the accessibility of landraces and wild and weedy relatives to crop breeders; in situ conservation, though essential, is not an efficient means of furnishing genebanking services. But utilization of genebank resources has not kept pace. The set of popular cultivars in major crops is typically rather small, and their ancestry encompasses only a small fraction of the genetic diversity currently available in other cultivars. Discussions of farmers' rights that focus on compensation for current incorporation of farmers' varieties in new cultivars have diverted attention from the question of why so little of the newly accessible genetic diversity is currently being utilized by public and private breeders. To optimize the future provision of genebank services, research is needed on the costs of genebanks, the market for their services, the use of genetic resources by breeders, and the implications of recognition of farmers' rights, evolving intellectual property rights, continued funding problems and developments in biotechnology. 1996 2024-10-24T12:47:15Z 2024-10-24T12:47:15Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157089 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute University of California Wright, Brian D. 1996. Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda. EPTD Discussion Paper 19. Washington, DC; Berkeley, CA: International Food Policy Research Institute; University of California. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157089 |
| spellingShingle | biotechnology gene banks plant breeding intellectual property rights plant genetic resources Wright, Brian D. Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title | Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title_full | Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title_fullStr | Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title_short | Crop genetic resource policy: towards a research agenda |
| title_sort | crop genetic resource policy towards a research agenda |
| topic | biotechnology gene banks plant breeding intellectual property rights plant genetic resources |
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