The future control of food: a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security
2008
G. Tansey (ed) | T. Rajotte (ed)
In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some of the forces and rules shaping the food system and who has control over it.In particular, the book focuses on rules on intellectual property – for example patents, plant breeders' rights, trademarks and copyright – and their relations to other rules on biodiversity, an essential requirement for food security. It looks through the lens of intellectual property (IP) at the future control of food and farming, arguing that rules on IP are central to struggles over the distribution of wealth and power in the 21st century. After an introductory chapter that provides an overview of key issues, the following chapters go into depth on a range of international bodies and policy instruments. These include: negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization Convention on Biological Diversity UN Food and Agriculture Organization World Intellectual Property Organization the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants The book concludes by discussing civil society responses to relevant changes and developments in these issues, how they affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.
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