ABSTRACT
Plant genetic diversity is crucial to the breeding of food crops and is therefore a central precondition for food security. Diverse genetic resources provide the genetic traits required to deal with crop pests and diseases, as well as changing climate conditions. Plant genetic diversity is also essential for traditional small-scale farming, and is therefore an indispensable factor in the fight against poverty. However, the diversity of domesticated plant varieties is disappearing at an alarming rate while interest in the commercial use of genetic resources has increased in line with bio-technologies, followed by demands for intellectual property rights. This important book contributes to our understanding of how international regimes affect the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in developing countries. It identifies entry points to shape a better governance of agrobiodiversity and provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the international agreements pertaining to crop genetic resources affect the management of these vital resources for food security and poverty eradication in developing countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|22 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 1|6 pages
Relevance and Objectives of the Study
chapter Chapter 2|14 pages
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Foundations of the Topic
part II|62 pages
Research Design
chapter Chapter 3|30 pages
Research Questions and Analytical Framework
chapter Chapter 4|30 pages
Research Strategy and Methods
part III|128 pages
The Constellations of International Regimes Pertaining to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
chapter Chapter 6|28 pages
The Convention on Biological Diversity
chapter Chapter 8|40 pages
Regime Overlap, Interaction and Resulting Constellations
part IV|124 pages
Domestic Responses to the International Regime Constellation Pertaining to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Cases from the Philippines
chapter Chapter 9|72 pages
Effects in the Philippines
chapter Chapter 10|50 pages
Mechanisms of Influence of International Regimes: Two Cases
part V|36 pages
Conclusions, Relevance and Challenges