[EQ] The Future Control of Food

The Future Control of Food
A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security

Earthscan/IDRC 2008-ISBN 978-1-84407-429-7 Edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2008

Available online at: http://www.crdi.ca/en/ev-118094-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

“…..guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, and various other international bodies.

The final part discusses civil society responses to relevant changes and developments in these issues, how they affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.

 

 

Content:

Part I. A Changing Food System
1. Food, Farming and Global Rules Geoff Tansey

Part II. The Key Global Negotiations and Agreements
2. Turning Plant Varieties into Intellectual Property: The UPOV Convention Graham Dutfield

3. Bringing Minimum Intellectual Property Standards into Agriculture: The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Pedro Roffe

4. Promoting and Extending the Reach of Intellectual Property: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Maria Julia Oliva

5. Safeguarding Biodiversity: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Susan Bragdon, Kathryn Garforth and John E. Haapala Jr

6. Giving Priority to the Commons: The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie

7. The Negotiations Web: Complex Connections Tasmin Rajotte

Part III. Responses, Observations and Prospects
8. Responding to Change Heike Baumüller and Geoff Tansey

9. Postcards from International Negotiations Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey

10. Global Rules, Local Needs Geoff Tansey

Notes
References

Appendix 1 – List of organizations 2
Appendix 2 – 23 international treaties administered by WIPO
Appendix 3 – A short history of the Annex I list
Glossary

 

 

 

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