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Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers

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Title Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers
 
Creator Pistorius, R.
Bruil, J.
Vernooy, Ronnie
 
Subject farmers
plant genetic resources
international agreements
policies
participatory approaches
legal rights
gene banks
community involvement
 
Description 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 sharing. This issue of Farming Matters presents cases that demonstrate the limited extent to which family farmers have been able to benefit from the ‘formal’ ABS process. It also uncovers some of the effective principles and mechanisms for access and benefit sharing that are part and parcel of farmers’ everyday practices, such as community seed banks, and successful collaborations between researchers and farmers. Some of these arrangements have links with the formal system.
 
Date 2016
2016-05-09T10:04:39Z
2016-05-09T10:04:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Pistorius, R.; Bruil, J.; Vernooy, R. (eds.) (2016) Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers. Farming Matters. Special Issue, April 2016. 70 p. ISSN: 2210-6499
2210-6499
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73348
http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/access-and-benefit-sharing-of-genetic-resources
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 70 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)
 
Source Farming Matters