Local Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Agricultural Innovation by Michael Blakeney
English | PDF,EPUB | 2020 | 247 Pages | ISBN : 981154610X | 6.9 MB
This book examines the role of local knowledge in promoting agricultural innovation and legislative support for agricultural innovation through intellectual property laws and the protection of farmers’ rights. In assessing the role of intellectual property in promoting agricultural innovation the book examines plant variety rights protection, the patenting of plant varieties and plant breeding methods; gene patents and climate change; open source biotechnology and agricultural innovation and geographical indications and the marketing of agricultural products.