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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… global needs for food security, and internationally agreed objectives regarding the concepts of ‘access and … World Food Summit, 1996 FAO Doc. WFS 96/REP Part One. The term “food security” has been defined in the World Food … “free of charge, on the basis of mutual exchange or on mutually agreed terms”. The International Undertaking …
26 May 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Farmers' Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… International Treaty, in the absence of an internationally agreed common ground, the concept of Farmers’ Rights has come … 9 clarifies the issue by providing the internationally agreed common ground that was lacking prior to the adoption …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… of genetic resources, often upon prior informed consent on mutually agreed terms, as set out in the CBD and its Nagoya Protocol.4 … in Ethiopia. The SoS programme is aimed at promoting long-term food security for marginal farming communities in …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… as a political concept dates back to the early 1980s. The term was coined by civil society activists8 to highlight the … As illustrated below, these ideas found support when the agreed interpretations of the International Undertaking, … Diversity, (b) for consideration of the issue of access on mutually agreed terms to plant genetic resources, including …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… the inventor enjoys in the patented plant variety, the term of patent protection and the limitations imposed on the … protect varieties with an IPR. Finally, states that have agreed to these dual obligations must also comply with all of … agreements affecting plant genetic resources "should be mutually supportive" (Preamble, para. 9), but they …
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