TY - BOOK AU - Lightbourne Muriel TI - Food Security, Biological Diversity and Intellectual Property Rights T2 - Intellectual property, theory, culture SN - 9780754676119 (Hardback) U1 - 338.439.02 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture KW - Germplasm resources, Plant - Law and legislation KW - Plant diversity conservation - Law and legislation KW - Food - Safety measures KW - LAW - Health KW - Crop improvement : the science, the business and the law KW - Conciliating food security and conservation KW - The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources : how will the multilateral system work? KW - organization and legal framework of seed markets in China and Ethiopia KW - The global community needs the FAO treaty 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 ER -