Description: Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights : Challenges in Taxonomy and Law, Hardcover by Halewood, Michael (EDT), ISBN 1844078906, ISBN-13 9781844078905, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the important role that farmers play in the development and conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This book examines policies that aim to increase the share of benefits that farmers receive when others use the crop varieties that they have developed and managed, ., 'farmers varieties’. In so doing, th addresses two fundamental questions. The first question is 'how do farmer management practices – along with other factors such as environment and the breeding systems of plants – affect the evolution and maintenance of discrete farmers’ varieties?’ The second question is 'how can policies that depend on being able to identify discrete plant varieties accommodate the agricultural realities associated with the generation, use and maintenance of farmers’ varieties?’ This focus on discreteness is topical because there are no fixed, internationally recognized taxonomic or legal definitions of farmers’ varieties. And that presents a challenge when developing policies that involve making specific, discrete farmers’ varieties the subject of legal rights or privileges. Th includes contributions from a wide range of experts including agronomists, anthropologists, geneticists, biologists, plant breeders, lawyers, development practitioners, activists and farmers. It includes case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe where, in response to a diversity of contributing factors, there have been efforts to develop policies that provide incentives or rewards to farmers as stewards of farmers’ varieties in ways that are sensitive to the cultural, taxonomic and legal complexities involved. Th situates these initiatives in the context of the evolving discourse and definition of 'farmers' rights’, presenting insights for future policy initiatives.
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Book Title: Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights : Challenges in Taxon
Number of Pages: 406 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights : Challenges in Taxonomy and Law
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Life Sciences / Botany, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Intellectual Property / Patent, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.9 Oz
Author: Michael Halewood
Subject Area: Law, Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Length: 9.5 in
Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
