Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge
Although achieving in situ conservation is possible without changing farmers’ customary management of crops as common pool resources, an alternative approach is to negotiate a bioprospecting contract with providers of the resource that involves direct payment and royalties. This bioprospecting mecha...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2005
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| author | Brush, Stephen B. |
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| description | Although achieving in situ conservation is possible without changing farmers’ customary management of crops as common pool resources, an alternative approach is to negotiate a bioprospecting contract with providers of the resource that involves direct payment and royalties. This bioprospecting mechanism implies a change in the customary treatment of crop genetic resources as common pool goods and is in line with national ownership mandated by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This paper questions the value of bioprospecting for protecting traditional agricultural knowledge and argues for a common pool approach. It examines the nature of crop genetic resources and farmers’ knowledge about them, and it analyzes the nature of the ‘common heritage’ regime that was partly dismantled by the Convention on Biological Diversity. The paper reviews the implementation of access and benefit sharing schemes under the CBD and discusses programs to recognize Farmers’ Rights that have arisen since the establishment of the CBD. It concludes with recommendations for meeting the Farmers’ Rights mandate of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1607392025-11-06T05:29:37Z Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge Brush, Stephen B. biological diversity conservation collective action bioprospecting crop management remuneration genetic resources biodiversity indigenous knowledge agriculture Although achieving in situ conservation is possible without changing farmers’ customary management of crops as common pool resources, an alternative approach is to negotiate a bioprospecting contract with providers of the resource that involves direct payment and royalties. This bioprospecting mechanism implies a change in the customary treatment of crop genetic resources as common pool goods and is in line with national ownership mandated by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This paper questions the value of bioprospecting for protecting traditional agricultural knowledge and argues for a common pool approach. It examines the nature of crop genetic resources and farmers’ knowledge about them, and it analyzes the nature of the ‘common heritage’ regime that was partly dismantled by the Convention on Biological Diversity. The paper reviews the implementation of access and benefit sharing schemes under the CBD and discusses programs to recognize Farmers’ Rights that have arisen since the establishment of the CBD. It concludes with recommendations for meeting the Farmers’ Rights mandate of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. 2005 2024-11-21T09:51:49Z 2024-11-21T09:51:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160739 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Brush, Stephen B. Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge. CAPRi working paper. 0036. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160739 |
| spellingShingle | biological diversity conservation collective action bioprospecting crop management remuneration genetic resources biodiversity indigenous knowledge agriculture Brush, Stephen B. Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title | Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title_full | Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title_fullStr | Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title_short | Farmers' rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| title_sort | farmers rights and protection of traditional agricultural knowledge |
| topic | biological diversity conservation collective action bioprospecting crop management remuneration genetic resources biodiversity indigenous knowledge agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160739 |
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