ABSTRACT
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security.
Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies.
The book shows that despite the conflicting interests at stake, players managed to come to an agreement on food and agriculture for the sake of food security and hunger alleviation in the world. Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and with Bioversity International.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|23 pages
Introduction
part I|107 pages
Regional Perspectives on the Treaty
chapter 2|13 pages
Overview of the Regional Approaches
chapter 5|12 pages
The European Regional Group
chapter 6|11 pages
The Latin American and Caribbean Regional Group
chapter 7|16 pages
The Near East Regional Group
chapter 9|11 pages
The Southwest Pacific Regional Group
part II|101 pages
Perspectives on the Treaty by Stakeholders in the World Food Chain
chapter 10|14 pages
International Non-governmental Organizations
chapter 11|14 pages
International Research Centres
chapter 12|12 pages
The Seed Industry
chapter 14|14 pages
Gene Bank Curators
chapter 15|12 pages
Plant Breeders
chapter 16|13 pages
The Global Crop Diversity Trust
part III|45 pages
Experts' Views on Future Challenges in Implementing the Treaty