Despite a significant growth in food production over the past half-century, one of the most
important challenges facing society today is how to feed an expected population of some …

Climate has obvious direct effects on agricultural production. The reverse is more apparent
than ever as greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are tallied. The development and …

Plant related innovations are critical to enable of food security and mitigate climate change.
New breeding technologies (NBTs) based on emerging genome editing technologies like …

This review examines the categorization of Essentially Derived Varieties (EDV) introduced in
the 1991 revision of the Convention of the Union internationale pour la protection des …

Climate has obvious and direct effects on agricultural production. Greenhouse gas (GHG)
implications of agriculture are also obvious and large. The Intergovernmental Panel on …

Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular
focus on seed saving. The practice of reusing and exchanging seeds provides foundation for …

The UN's Agenda for Sustainable Development is being taken up throughout the
international system, including at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This …

​ The field of plant breeding has grown rapidly in the last decade with breakthrough
research in genetics and genomics, inbred development, population improvement, hybrids …

The premise of discourse theory in environmental policy is that realities are shaped by
language. One discourse that is gaining popularity is the concept of environmental security …

The seed sector has become a subject of attention, debate, and even controversy with the
development of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, this sector is generally rather …