The science of agriculture has undergone a major change in the past few decades, as have
the biological and medical sciences more generally. The private sector in North America and …

A concise analysis of the relationship between patent rights and human rights is given in this
book, focusing on the right to food. The UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights identified …

With contributions from nearly 130 internationally renowned experts in the field, this
reference details advances in transgenic plant construction and explores the social, political …

As patents and other forms of intellectual property become more pervasive in the next
generation of biotechnologies, designing policies and practices to ensure sufficient freedom …

The assessment of the relationship between patent rights and human rights has resulted in
several tentative findings, such as by the UN Sub‐Commission on the Promotion and …

Abstract The Rockefeller Foundation's design of a long-term program on rice biotechnology
was the product of a 2-year intensive survey and analysis of the genetic prospects for the …

A biotechnology revolution is proceeding in tandem with international proliferation of
intellectual property regimes and rights. Does the intellectual property impede agricultural …

This volume advances the claim that the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) adopted in 2001 is the only existing …

This paper examines the current and potential future role of the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in bringing the benefits of biotechnology to the …

Patent wars are fought as much in the laboratories as in the courts. The complex intellectual
property (IP) environment surrounding inventions in agricultural biotechnology (hereinafter …