@article{26733, note = {Part I: Crop improvement and the challenge of food security, conservation and equity. 1. Introduction. 2. Crop improvement : the science, the business, and the law. 3. Conciliating food security and conservation. 4. Equity. Part II: The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources : how will the multilateral system work?. Case studies : organisation and legal framework of seed markets in China and Ethiopia. The global community needs the FAO treaty.}, author = {Lightbourne, Muriel, and Lightbourne, Muriel. and Ebrary, Inc.}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/26733}, title = {Food security, biological diversity and intellectual property rights /}, abstract = {This volume advances the claim that the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) adopted in 2001 is the only existing international agreement with the potential to promote food security, conservation of biodiversity and equity.}, recid = {26733}, pages = {xvii, 308 pages ;}, }