Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law

Recognition of ‘Farmer's Rights’ is an attempt by developing countries to evolve a counterclaim to breeders' Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) promoted under the TRIPs Agreement of the WTO. India is one of the first countries to have granted rights to both breeders and farmers under the Protection...

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Main Authors: Ramanna, Anitha, Smale, Melinda
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157583
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description Recognition of ‘Farmer's Rights’ is an attempt by developing countries to evolve a counterclaim to breeders' Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) promoted under the TRIPs Agreement of the WTO. India is one of the first countries to have granted rights to both breeders and farmers under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. This multiple rights system aims to distribute rights equitably, but may pose the threat of an ‘anticommons tragedy’ i.e. too many parties independently possessing the right to exclude others from utilising a resource. If under‐utilisation of plant genetic resources results, the Act will have negative consequences for sustaining crop productivity and for the welfare of the very farming communities it seeks to compensate.
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spelling CGSpace1575832024-11-14T11:37:04Z Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law Ramanna, Anitha Smale, Melinda plant genetic resources legal rights Recognition of ‘Farmer's Rights’ is an attempt by developing countries to evolve a counterclaim to breeders' Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) promoted under the TRIPs Agreement of the WTO. India is one of the first countries to have granted rights to both breeders and farmers under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. This multiple rights system aims to distribute rights equitably, but may pose the threat of an ‘anticommons tragedy’ i.e. too many parties independently possessing the right to exclude others from utilising a resource. If under‐utilisation of plant genetic resources results, the Act will have negative consequences for sustaining crop productivity and for the welfare of the very farming communities it seeks to compensate. 2004-07 2024-10-24T12:50:53Z 2024-10-24T12:50:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157583 en Limited Access Wiley Ramanna, Anitha; Smale, Melinda. 2004. Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law. Development Policy Review 22(4): 423-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2004.00258.x
spellingShingle plant genetic resources
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Smale, Melinda
Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title_full Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title_fullStr Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title_full_unstemmed Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title_short Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law
title_sort rights and access to plant genetic resources under india s new law
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legal rights
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