TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Food security, biological diversity and intellectual property rights / AU - Lightbourne, Muriel, AU - Lightbourne, Muriel. AU - Ebrary, Inc. CN - K3876.A42001 N1 - 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. ID - 26733 KW - Food KW - Germplasm resources, Plant KW - National interest. KW - Germplasm resources, Plant. KW - Agrobiodiversity conservation KW - Intellectual property (International law) KW - Crop improvement KW - Food supply KW - Intellectual property. KW - International treaty on plant genetic KW - Resources for food and agriculture KW - Plantes KW - Diversité végétale KW - Aliments KW - Law and legislation SN - 9780754676119 TI - Food security, biological diversity and intellectual property rights / ER -