On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources

Current farmers’ breeding goes beyond the gradual selection in landraces, and includes development and maintenance of major new farmers’ varieties that are rather uniform, in particular in South-East Asia. Modern varieties developed in the formal sector have simply replaced landraces as the source o...

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Autores principales: Salazar, Rene, Louwaars, Niels P., Visser, Bert
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160324
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author Salazar, Rene
Louwaars, Niels P.
Visser, Bert
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Visser, Bert
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description Current farmers’ breeding goes beyond the gradual selection in landraces, and includes development and maintenance of major new farmers’ varieties that are rather uniform, in particular in South-East Asia. Modern varieties developed in the formal sector have simply replaced landraces as the source of diversity, but have not abolished farmers’ breeding practices. Interpretations of the new international agreements on plant genetic resources should protect the development of modern farmers’ varieties. However, ensuring recognition of collective innovation, allowing access to relevant germplasm sources for farmers’ breeding activities, keeping materials freely available, and arranging for effective benefit sharing, all form major challenges. This paper proposes a new protective measure: namely “origin recognition rights.
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spelling CGSpace1603242025-11-06T07:11:36Z On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources Salazar, Rene Louwaars, Niels P. Visser, Bert landraces germplasm resources breeding methods international agreements genetic resources Current farmers’ breeding goes beyond the gradual selection in landraces, and includes development and maintenance of major new farmers’ varieties that are rather uniform, in particular in South-East Asia. Modern varieties developed in the formal sector have simply replaced landraces as the source of diversity, but have not abolished farmers’ breeding practices. Interpretations of the new international agreements on plant genetic resources should protect the development of modern farmers’ varieties. However, ensuring recognition of collective innovation, allowing access to relevant germplasm sources for farmers’ breeding activities, keeping materials freely available, and arranging for effective benefit sharing, all form major challenges. This paper proposes a new protective measure: namely “origin recognition rights. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:29Z 2024-11-21T09:50:29Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160324 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Salazar, Rene; Louwaars, Niels P.; Visser, Bert. On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources. CAPRi working paper. 0045. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160324
spellingShingle landraces
germplasm resources
breeding methods
international agreements
genetic resources
Salazar, Rene
Louwaars, Niels P.
Visser, Bert
On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title_full On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title_fullStr On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title_full_unstemmed On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title_short On protecting farmers’ new varieties: new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
title_sort on protecting farmers new varieties new approaches to rights on collective innovations in plant genetic resources
topic landraces
germplasm resources
breeding methods
international agreements
genetic resources
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160324
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