Farmers' crop varieties and farmers' rights: challenges in taxonomy and law

Farmers play an important role in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase the share of benefits that farmers receive when others use the crop va...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Halewood, Michael
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Routledge 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73252
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Sumario:Farmers play an important role in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase the share of benefits that farmers receive when others use the crop varieties that they have developed and managed, i.e., ‘farmers varieties’.