A 70% increase in food production is required over the next four decades to feed an ever-
increasing population. The inherent difficulties in achieving this unprecedented increase are …

Seventeen of the forty chapters included are either new to this edition, rewritten by their
original authors, or edited by Counihan and Van Esterik. A bank of test items applicable to …

'Food sovereignty, must necessarily encompass 'seed sovereignty,. Corporate appropriation
of plant genetic resources, development of transgenic crops and the global imposition of …

Biotechnology policies and regulations must be revised and updated to reflect the most
recent advances in plant-breeding technology. New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBT) …

Artificial Intelligence Inventions & Patent Disclosure Page 1 Artificial Intelligence Inventions &
Patent Disclosure Tabrez Y. Ebrahim* ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence ("AI") has attracted …

The EU aspires to utilize the economic advantages of gene-editing technology on one hand
and ensure human health and environmental safety on the other. Surrounding the fierce …

The interplay between intellectual property rights for new plant varieties and public interests,
particularly farmers' rights, is critically examined within the context of global agricultural …

Climate change is expected to enormously affect life on the Earth. It will cause drastic
changes in the environment and ecology and thus will severely impact agriculture …

Over the last few decades, the number of patents on plants and plant parts has greatly
increased in various parts of the world. Most research, however, has focused exclusively on …

Public and private investments in plant breeding have a proven track record of increasing
agricultural productivity, significantly contributing to economic well‐being or social welfare …