Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security
Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Edited By Christine Frison, Francisco López and José T. Esquinas
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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security.
This book explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies.
The book shows that despite the conflicting interests at stake, players managed to come to an agreement on food and agriculture for the sake of food security and hunger alleviation in the world.
Published with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and with Bioversity International.
CONTENTS (Expand Contents)
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: The Different Perspectives by Regions in the World
1. Introduction to the Regional Groups
2. African Group
3. North American Group
4. European Region Group
5. Latin America
6. Asia
7. Near East
8. South West Pacific
Part II: The Perspectives of Specific Actors in the World Food Chain
9. Introduction to the Stakeholders
10. Farmers' Communities
11. Plant Breeders'
12. Seed Industry
13. GeneBanks
14. CGIAR
15. Global Crop Diversity Trust
16. Civil Societies
17. Consumers
18. Future Challenges
19. Our Heritage is Our Future: Humankind's Responsibility for Food Security
Conclusions
Christine Frison is a lawyer currently conducting a PhD research at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) on international law and governance of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. She is also a research fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (Montreal, Canada) and carries out consultancy contracts for various international organisations (including the United Nations Environment Programme), NGOs and governments (e.g. Belgian Federal Ministry for the Environment).
Francisco López is Treaty Support Officer for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and is based at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
José Esquinas-Alcazar is currently the Director of the Chair on Studies on Hunger and Poverty of the University of Cordoba, and full professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. From 1985 to January 2007, Prof. Esquinas-Alcazar has been the Secretary of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, where the International Treaty was negotiated. He has also been the interim secretary of the treaty since its entry into force in 2004 until his retirement in 2007. He has a PhD in Genetics (University of California, Davis, USA); MSc in Vegetable Crops (University of California, Davis, USA); Doctor in Agronomy (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain); and Agricultural Engineer (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain).