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Title

Negotiating the Seed Treaty / Stuart Coupe and Roger Lewins.

Author

Coupe, Stuart, 1966-

Publication

Warwickshire, UK : Practical Action Publishing, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Lewins, Roger.
• Practical Action (Organization)

Description

ix, 60 p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Summary

"The International Seed Treaty which came into force in 2004 was the culmination of over 20 years of negotiations. The Treaty arose out of a growing awareness that crucial plant genetic resources are being irretrievably lost and that farmers throughout the world must be given an active role in the management and governance of these resources. The Treaty places Farmers' Rights - the rights of farmers to access and use plant genetic material and to be regarded as principal stakeholders - at the centre of a global and legally-binding system for the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture." "This Practical Action Working Paper describes the complex process by which a wide range of parties worked to shape the negotiations and conclude the resulting Treaty. With a focus on how the diverse array of actors were able to work together in new ways despite their radically differing interests, this study provides vital lessons for governments, international agencies and NGOs in how international treaties may be successfully negotiated." "Negotiating the Seed Treaty will be of interest to all readers concerned with international agricultural policy, genetic resource diversity and multilateral policy process. It is essential reading for all Seed Treaty stakeholders."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Practical Action working papers

Uniform Title

Practical Action working papers.

Subject

• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2001 November 3)
• Seed industry and trade > Law and legislation
• Seed technology > Law and legislation
• Germplasm resources, Plant > Law and legislation
• Plant diversity conservation
• Seed technology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [55]-60).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The need for the International Seed Treaty -- 2. The history of the IT PGRFA -- 3. The Treaty and its ratification -- 4. Key factors in the policy process -- 5. Continuing threats to genetic diversity and the Seed Treaty's objectives -- 6. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9781853396281
• 1853396281

OCLC

150339429

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library