1st Edition
Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights Challenges in Taxonomy and Law
1. Introduction
Michael Halewood and Isabel Lapeña
Part 1: Dynamism in the Field: Factors Affecting the Evolution and Maintenance of Distinct Traits in Farmer’s Variety
2. Technical Challenges in Identifying Farmer Varieties
Jeremy Cherfas
3. The Farmers’ Role in Creating New Genetic Diversity
Carlo Fadda
Part 2: Case Studies at the Interface of Farmer Variety Enhancement Efforts and National Policies
4. Leveraging the Successful Participatory Improvement of Pokhareli Jethobudhu for National Policy Development in Nepal
Pratap Kumar Shrestha
5. Promoting Policy Support for the Enhancement and Marketing of Farmers’ Varieties in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue and Michael Halewood
6. Participatory Barley Breeding in Syria: Policy Bottlenecks and Responses
Salvatore Ceccarelli
Part 3: The International Policy Context: Global Systems of Conservation and Use and Farmers’ Rights
7. Historical Context: Evolving International Cooperation on Crop Genetic Resources
Regine Anderson
8. Farmers’ Rights: Evolution of the International Policy Debate and National Implementation
Regine Andersen
Part 4: Identifying Discrete Farmers’ Varieties in Law
9. Sui Generis IPR Protections for Farmers’ Varieties
Carlos Correa
10. Variety Registration: The Evolution of Registration Systems with a Special Emphasis on Agro-biodiversity Conservation
Niels Louwaars and François Burgaud
11. Defensive Protection of Farmers’ Varieties
Isabel López Noriega
12. Institutional Capacity and Implementation Issues in Farmers’ Rights
C.S. Srinivasan
Part 5: Case studies of National Laws
13. Commentary on the Indian Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act 2001
Dwijen Rangnekar
14. Commentary on the Malaysian Protection of New Varieties Act 2004
Lim Eng Siang
15. Commentary on Egypt’s Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Mohammed Eid Megeed
16. Commentary on Thailand’s Plant Varieties Protection Act
Gabrielle Gagne and Chutima Ratanasatien
17. Commentary on the Zambian Plant Breeders’ Rights Act
Godfrey Mwila
18. Commentary on the Nepalese Seeds Act and the Seeds Regulation
Pratap Shrestha
19. Variety Regulation in the United State of America
Richard J. Blaustein
20. Commentary on Law no. 10711 Regulating the Brazilian National Seed and Seedling System
Juliana Santilli
21. Commentary on Variety Registration Regulation in Italy
Alejandro Mejias, Enrico Bertacchini and Riccardo Bocci
22. Commentary on the Zambian Plant Variety and Seeds Act, 1998
Godfrey Mwila
23. Commentary on the Regulation on Management of Farm Households' Plant Varieties in Vietnam
Nguyen Van Dinh and Nguyen Ngoc Kinh
24. Commentary on the Registry of Native Crops in Peru: Law 28477 and the Registry of Native Potatoes
Manuel Ruiz Muller
25. Analysis of the Draft Proposal for the Establishment of a Special System for the Registry and Commercialization of Native Seeds (Farmers’ Seeds) in Costa Rica
Jorge Cabrera Medaglia
26. Registration of Traditional Varieties under Benin Seed Regulation
Raymond Vodouhe with Michael Halewood
Biography
Michael Halewood is a senior scientist and leader of the Genetic Resources Policies, Institutions and Monitoring Group at Bioversity International, Rome, Italy.
"Putting farmers’ rights at the centre of policy initiatives is crucial for agricultural biodiversity in ACP countries. This book is a valuable contribution to the complex yet worthwhile project to conserve farmers’ diverse crop varieties." - Spore (2016, issue 181)
