Intellectual property, agriculture and global food security : the privatization of crop diversity - Chiarolla, Claudio (Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2011)
Introduction and overview -- Patents, agricultural innovation and sustainable development -- Plant intellectual property protection: patents and plant variety rights -- The international legal framework of access to plant genetic resources and benefit sharing -- Case study: the regulation of crop diversity in Viet Nam -- Conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-225) and index.
Keywords: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -- (2001); Germplasm resources, Plant -- Law and legislation; Plant varieties -- Patents; Plant diversity conservation -- Law and legislation; Agrobiodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation; Crops -- Germplasm resources; Intellectual property (International law); Crop diversification -- Government policy -- Vietnam; Agrobiodiversity conservation -- Vietnam