The Commons Plant Breeding And Agricultural Research Challenges For Food Security And Agrobiodiversity Christine Frizon Fabien Girard by Christine Frizon; Fabien Girard 9780367508418, 9781138087583, 9781315110387, 1138087580, 0367508419, 1315110385 instant download after payment.

The joint challenges of population increase, food security and
conservation of agrobiodiversity demand a rethink of plant breeding and
agricultural research from a different perspective. While more food is
undeniably needed, the key question is rather about how to produce it in
a way that sustains biological diversity and mitigates climate change.

This book shows how social sciences, and more especially law, can
contribute towards reconfiguring current legal frameworks in order to
achieving a better balance between the necessary requirements of
agricultural innovation and the need for protection of agrobiodiversity.
On the assumption that the concept of property can be rethought against
the background of the 'right to include', so as to endow others with a
common 'right to access' genetic resources, several international
instruments and contractual arrangements drawn from the plant-breeding
field (including the Convention on Biological Diversity, technology
exchange clearing houses and open sources licenses) receive special
consideration. In addition, the authors explore the tension between
ownership and the free circulation and exchange of germplasm and issues
such as genetic resources managed by local and indigenous communities,
the ITPGRFA and participatory plant-breeding programmes.

As a whole, the book demonstrates the relevance of the 'Commons' for plant breeding and agricultural innovation.