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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… 36 3.1.2 Organic production … and communities. Given the major role played by local farming communities in conserving AnGR, those communities … the organizational capabilities of their community. 3.1.2 Organic production Organically-produced agricultural products …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… exist outside these regions; • Many economically important farming systems are based on crop species in- troduced from … will, as ap- propriate, “promote access, by farmers and farming communities, to genetic resources for food and … with neighbouring farmers and from outside the immediate farming area or region. Scientific plant breeding uses a …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… policy areas, like breeders’ rights biotechnology and organic seeds that are relevant for the plant breeding … agrobi- odiversity – always keeping in focus the needs of farming communities, the poor and the hungry, and their right … the environment and of traditional landscapes, the rise of organic agriculture and the Slow Food movement). …
ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture
… and reproduction of plant genetic resources by a farmer or farming community based on phenotypic traits and not … genetic methods, qualify as “utilization”. Similarly, fish farming while serving the purpose of producing fish for human …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… for this purpose are made available; to assist farmers and farming communities in the protection and conservation of … with IPRs for plant breeders because many farmers and farming communities do not claim exclusive rights in the … from demanding payment from farmers who engage in certain farming practices, such as saving seeds and planting seeds …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… ownership, anti-trust, unjust en- richment, national ‘organic’ instruments, sovereign rights and many other … which is heavily linked to com- mercial, procedural and organic laws, including legal systems governing intellectual … contracts, are coverage, enforcement and provisions for farming communities. 1.4.1.1 Coverage From the ABS …