Access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources is a crucial but very complex, political and legalistic matter. Does the formal system work for family farmers? It poses many challenges. At the same time, farmers around the world are leading successful initiatives for access and benefit shar...
Pistorius, R.
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Bruil, J.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers]
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Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers
Since 2012, national teams in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have been identifying options for policy, legal and administrative mechanisms for the implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit sharing (MLS) for plant genetic resources. This article summarises ...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Otieno, G.
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Lapena, I.
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Vodohue, R.
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Bessette, G.
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[Implementing access and benefit sharing in eight countries]
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Implementing access and benefit sharing in eight countries
This special issue of Farming Matters magazine has explored the ways in which access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources can work for family farmers. On one hand it presents cases that demonstrate the limited extent to which family farmers have been able to benefit from the ‘formal’ AB...
Pistorius, R.
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Bruil, J.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Learning from farmer-led access and benefit sharing. Conclusions.]
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Learning from farmer-led access and benefit sharing. Conclusions.