Corporate Control Over Seeds: Limiting Access and Farmers’ Rights
Title:
Corporate Control Over Seeds: Limiting Access and Farmers’ Rights
Author:
Patrick Mulvany
Date Published:
June 1, 2005
Source:
New Directions for African Agriculture. IDS Bulletin vol. 36 n◦ 2. Publication: 2005. ISSN: 0265 – 5012
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Abstract:
Increasingly corporations control seeds – and the genetic materials that make up seeds. This article makes a case for a review of intellectual property laws provided for within the WTO agreement and highlights movements of farmers working to protect their own genetic resources from bio-piracy and to preserve the knowledge systems of the informal sector which are often oral, built on trust and defended through the norms and practices of traditional institutions.
