Biopiracy of Local Seed Varieties

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Intellectual property rights (IPRS) do have great impacts on food security in [...] undermine the rights of farmers to save, use,reuse and exchange seeds to achieve household food security. Seed is the first link in the food chain process and as a result should not be [...] book raises food security challenges resulting from the implementation of IPRs. Traditionally,innovation in African agriculture has proceeded through collective community processes, drawn from customary practices based on sharing. This right is being pushed away by IPRS. IPRs are infact an attempt to privatize small- farmers'' innovative practices and biological resources and reorganize its seed markets for the benefit of foreign [...] book investigates the implications of IPRs on indigenous knowledge systems (IKS)and local seed saving systems in Southern Africa. The objective of this book is therefore to facilitate the emergence of a critical mass of well-informed stakeholders in the Southern African region including decision-makers, negotiators as well as the private sector and civil society to enable them to define their own food production systems.

Über den Autor

Manyara. A. Munzara is the Food Campaign Coordinator for the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) [...] worked for 6 years with Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) in Zimbabwe coordinating the Southern Africa Biodiversity Policy Initiative ([...] serves as a Board member for Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA).

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Politikwissenschaften , Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	68 S.
ISBN-13:	9783843356077
ISBN-10:	3843356076
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Munzara, Manyara Angeline
Hersteller:	LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße:	220 x 150 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Manyara Angeline Munzara
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.09.2010
Gewicht:	0,119 kg