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THE FUTURE CONTROL OF FOOD A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security Edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte Earthscan/IDRC 2008 ISBN 978-1-84407-429-7 e-ISBN 978-1-55250-397-3 288 pp.   
This is the best single summary of the political choices facing food and agriculture policymakers that has been written in this decade. An excellent resource for those mapping the increasing control of our food chain by international players. An excellent collection of guideposts for perplexed students and scholars and a handbook for the seasoned diplomat seeking to make the world a better place. I recommend it to all who play a role in the formulation of relevant international norms in whatever capacity, and regardless of the interests they may represent. This book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, and various other international bodies. The final part discusses civil society responses to relevant changes and developments in these issues, how they affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures. THE EDITORS Geoff Tansey is a researcher and writer on intellectual property, food and agriculture and a Joseph Rowntree Visionary for a Just and Peaceful World. He is lead author of The Food System (1995) and co-editor of The Meat Business (1999) and Negotiating Health (2005). Tasmin Rajotte has worked in the field of sustainable agriculture, food security and environment for a number of years and is the representative for the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP), Ottawa, Canada.
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Preface 2008 Notes on Contributors 2008 Acknowledgements 2008 Acronyms and Abbreviations 2008 Part I. A Changing Food System 1. Food, Farming and Global Rules Geoff Tansey 2008 Part II. The Key Global Negotiations and Agreements 2. Turning Plant Varieties into Intellectual Property: The UPOV Convention Graham Dutfield 2008 3. Bringing Minimum Intellectual Property Standards into Agriculture: The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Pedro Roffe 2008 4. Promoting and Extending the Reach of Intellectual Property: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Maria Julia Oliva 2008 5. Safeguarding Biodiversity: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Susan Bragdon, Kathryn Garforth and John E. Haapala Jr 2008 6. Giving Priority to the Commons: The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie 2008 7. The Negotiations Web: Complex Connections Tasmin Rajotte 2008 Part III. Responses, Observations and Prospects 8. Responding to Change Heike Baumüller and Geoff Tansey 2008 9. Postcards from International Negotiations Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey 2008 10. Global Rules, Local Needs Geoff Tansey 2008 Notes 2008 References 2008 Appendix 1 – List of organizations 2008 Appendix 2 – 23 international treaties administered by WIPO 2008 Appendix 3 – A short history of the Annex I list 2008 Glossary 2008
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