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Intellectual Property Rights in the Breeding Industry : Farmers’ Interests

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dc.contributor.authorLouwaars, Niels
dc.contributor.authorTripp, Rob
dc.contributor.authorEaton, Derek
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T09:04:42Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T09:04:42Z
dc.date.issued2006-06
dc.description.abstractIntellectual property rights (IPRs) in plant breeding are being introduced or strengthened in developing countries as a result of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization. Although living organisms have traditionally been excluded from patent protection, pressures to promote plant breeding in several industrialized countries (including pressure from farmers' organizations) resulted in the development of specially adapted IPRs for plant varieties beginning in the 1930s. Why would farmers be interested in a legal instrument that is likely to make them pay more for seed? The answer is that farmers are the immediate beneficiaries of new varieties, and they benefit from increased investments in breeding. Decisions about what level of farmers' privilege is appropriate in national IPR legislation are further complicated by the related concept of farmers' rights. Farmers' associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that represent farmers need to be involved in the national debate on agricultural IPRs. Finally, In countries where the rights are weaker, it is important to recognize that private sector incentives for investment will be correspondingly lower, and that public-sector plant breeding will need to be well financed to provide the necessary support.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7014368/intellectual-property-rights-breeding-industry-farmers-interests
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/9605
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9605
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 14
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRIBUSINESS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectBIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectBREEDER
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL FARMERS
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEED
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEED SECTOR
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL SEED SYSTEM
dc.subjectCOMMERCIALIZATION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROP DIVERSITY
dc.subjectEXPORT CROPS
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMER ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMING COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectFIELD STUDY
dc.subjectFOOD QUALITY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGENETIC
dc.subjectGENETIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectGRAINS
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectISSUES
dc.subjectLEGUMES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectOWN SEED
dc.subjectPLANT
dc.subjectPLANT BREEDERS
dc.subjectPLANT BREEDING
dc.subjectPLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectPLANTING MATERIALS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SEED SECTOR
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POLICY
dc.subjectSEED
dc.subjectSEED PROVISION
dc.subjectSEEDS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDERS
dc.subjectSOYBEAN
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE CROPS
dc.titleIntellectual Property Rights in the Breeding Industry : Farmers’ Interestsen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:20:48.250993Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7014368/intellectual-property-rights-breeding-industry-farmers-interests
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.guid682231468314363487
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000310607_20060825120209
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum7014368
okr.identifier.report37039
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicRural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicEnvironment::Wildlife Resources
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicCrops and Crop Management Systems
okr.topicAgriculture and Farming Systems
okr.topicAgriculture
okr.topicRural Development
okr.unitAgriculture & Rural Dvmnt (ARD)
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