Implementing Farmers' Rights internationally

Implementing Farmers' Rights internationally

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The extent to which Farmers' Rights can be implemented in a country is not only dependent on the needs and priorities within the country. Often it is also subject to the obligations that the country has towards various international and regional agreements. Thus, harmonization of Farmers' Rights is not only important at the national, but also at the international level.

Among the most important international agreements are – aside from the International Treaty itself – the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Convention of the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the United Nations (UN). These international agreements are interlinked and they interact in various ways with regard to Farmers' Rights.

Here the international agreements and their interaction will be analyzed with regard to effects for Farmers' Rights, and options for harmonization in this regard will be presented. Also regional agreements will be addressed. The analysis is based on the book 'Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries' by Regine Andersen (published August 2008).

Read more:

On the International Treaty

Governing Agrobiodiversity: Plant Genetics and Developing Countries

Relevant links:

	Homepage of the Plant Treaty
	Homepage of the CBD
	Homepage of WTO/TRIPS
	Homepage of UPOV
	Homepage of WIPO

This page will be finalized in 2012.

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