The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies. The book shows that despite the conflicting interests at stake, players managed to come to an agreement on food and agriculture for the sake of food security and hunger alleviation in the world. Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and with Bioversity International.

At head of cover: IUCN Environmental Law Programme.

Introduction; General provisions; Farmer's rights; The multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing; Supporting components; Financial provisionss; Institucional provisions.

The Law Library presents the complete text of the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (United States Treaty) Updated as of 01/09/19 This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (United States Treaty) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure