The central core of in this area.1 In part, it is also a response to food the book is Part II, which provides the security being the more neglected area by many background and a guide to negotiations and the governments and civil society groups compared key elements of the agreements. [...] He international organizations and bodies as well helped found and edit the journal Food Policy, as donors, including Bioversity International has worked on agricultural development (formerly IPGRI), the FAO Commission on projects in Turkey, Albania and Mongolia and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, co-authored the prize-winning book The Food and the Secretariat of the CBD. [...] We would like to thank the Joseph Lieberman, Niels Louwaars, Philip Lowe, Rowntree Charitable Trust, which, through xvii The Future Control of Food their Visionaries programme, provided support Finally, but not least, we were nourished for some of the time of one of the editors, and throughout the process by the support, faith the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, and unwavering love of ou [...] Accordingly, the eradication of hunger is a common objective of all the countries of the international community, especially of the developed countries and others in a position to help. [...] We reaffirm the importance of international cooperation and solidarity as well as the necessity of refraining from unilateral measures not in accordance with the international law and the Charter of the United Nations and that endanger food security.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 346.04/8
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- 9781552503973 9781844074303
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- K3926
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- F88 2009eb
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- 1 electronic text (266 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- List of figures, tables and boxes 10
- Preface 12
- Notes on contributors 15
- Acknowledgements 18
- Acronyms and abbreviations 20
- Part I – A Changing Food System 24
- 1 Food, Farming and Global Rules 26
- Part II – The Key Global Negotiations and Agreements 48
- 2 Turning Plant Varieties into Intellectual Property: The UPOV Convention 50
- 3 Bringing Minimum Global Intellectual Property Standards into Agriculture: The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 71
- 4 Promoting and Extending the Reach of Intellectual Property: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 92
- 5 Safeguarding Biodiversity: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 105
- 6 Giving Priority to the Commons: The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) 138
- 7 The Negotiations Web: Complex Connections 164
- Part III – Responses, Observations and Prospects 192
- 8 Responding to Change 194
- 9 Postcards from International Negotiations 220
- 10 Global Rules, Local Needs 235
- Notes 244
- References 248
- Appendix 1 – List of organizations 262
- Appendix 2 – 23 international treaties administered by WIPO 270
- Appendix 3 – A short history of the Annex I list 272
- Glossary 276
- A 276
- B 276
- C 277
- D 277
- E 277
- F 277
- G 277
- H 277
- I 277
- L 278
- M 278
- O 278
- P 278
- S 278
- T 279
- Index 280
- A 280
- B 280
- C 281
- D 282
- E 282
- F 283
- G 283
- H 284
- I 284
- J 285
- K 285
- L 285
- M 285
- N 286
- O 286
- P 286
- Q 287
- R 287
- S 287
- T 288
- U 288
- V 289
- W 289
- Y 289
