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Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights - Challenges in Taxonomy and Law (Hardcover, New)
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Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights - Challenges in Taxonomy and Law (Hardcover, New)
Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
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Over the last 50 years there has been a growing appreciation of the
important role that farmers play in the development and
conservation of crop genetic diversity, and the contribution of
that diversity to agro-ecosystem resilience and food security. This
book examines policies that aim to increase the share of benefits
that farmers receive when others use the crop varieties that they
have developed and managed, i.e., 'farmers varieties'. In so doing,
the book addresses two fundamental questions. The first question is
'how do farmer management practices - along with other factors such
as environment and the breeding systems of plants - affect the
evolution and maintenance of discrete farmers' varieties?' The
second question is 'how can policies that depend on being able to
identify discrete plant varieties accommodate the agricultural
realities associated with the generation, use and maintenance of
farmers' varieties?' This focus on discreteness is topical because
there are no fixed, internationally recognized taxonomic or legal
definitions of farmers' varieties. And that presents a challenge
when developing policies that involve making specific, discrete
farmers' varieties the subject of legal rights or privileges. The
book includes contributions from a wide range of experts including
agronomists, anthropologists, geneticists, biologists, plant
breeders, lawyers, development practitioners, activists and
farmers. It includes case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America
and Europe where, in response to a diversity of contributing
factors, there have been efforts to develop policies that provide
incentives or rewards to farmers as stewards of farmers' varieties
in ways that are sensitive to the cultural, taxonomic and legal
complexities involved. The book situates these initiatives in the
context of the evolving discourse and definition of 'farmers'
rights', presenting insights for future policy initiatives.
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