Intellectual Property Rights and Food Security Autor Blakeney M. Fecha 2009 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-088365) Editor | Lugar de publicación CABI | Oxfordshire, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-84593-560-3 Páginas 266 p. Tipo de documento Monografía/libro Idioma Inglés Campo de aplicación Internacional Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave Pueblos indígenas Variedad vegetal Recursos genéticos Derechos de propiedad intelectual/patentes Seguridad alimentaria Derechos de seleccionadores/derechos de agricultores OGM Resumen Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in the struggle for food security and encouraging agricultural research and development. This book examines these roles as well as the international relationship between IPRs, agricultural biotechnology, access to biological resources, food security and globalisation, paying particular attention to proposals for the protection of Farmers' Rights, traditional knowledge, GM crops and the impact of competition laws. It proposes a number of recommendations for action in deploying IPRs in order to reach greater food security globally.