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Controversies on the use and conservation of plant genetic information have become major obstacles in international negotiations on trade, agriculture and biodiversity conservation. These conflicts are not just between the Northern and Southern governments about ownership and farmers' rights, but cover a whole range of interest groups such as business associations, farm and consumer organizations, environment-oriented NGOs and indigenous people. This book examines the origins of these controversies. It stresses the importance of agricultural politics in directing developments in conservation and intellectual property protection.

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Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News

<br> Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News<p><br>

Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News<br>

<br> Pistorius (political science, U. of Amsterdam) and Wijk (public management, Erasmus U., Rotterdam) explore the political and economic dimensions of ownership and rights of genetic information of plants, a conflict involving governments, farmers, businesses, and consumers. They find it to have become a major obstacle in international negotiations on trade, agriculture, and biodiversity conservation. They draw from historical and contemporary data on Europe and the US and from fieldwork in Latin America to examine the origins of the dispute and stress the importance of conservation and protecting intellectual property. --SciTech Book News<br>

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