Plant genetic resources and food security : stakeholder perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / edited by Christine Frison, Francisco López and José T. Esquinas-Alcazar.

London ; New York : Earthscan from Rougtledge : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : Biodiversity International, 2011.

xxxii, 321 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.

"Published by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Biodiversity International with Earthscan."

Foreword / Shakeel Bhatti and Olivier De Schutter -- Introduction : A treaty to fight hunger : past negotiations, present situation and future challenges / José T. Esquinas-Alcázar, Christine Frison and Francisco López -- Overview of regional approaches : the negotiating process of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Appendix: Chairman's elements) / Fernando Gerbasi -- The African regional group : creating fair play between North and South / Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, Elizabeth Matos and Godfrey Mwila -- The Asian regional group / Eng Siang Lim -- The European regional group : Europe's role and positions during the negotiations and early implementation of the international treaty / Bert Visser and Jan Borring -- The Latin American and Caribbean regional group : a long and successful process for the protection, conservation and enhancing of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture / Modesto Fernández Díaz-Silveira -- The Near East regional group : centring the diversity for unlocking the genetic potential / Javad Mozafari Hashjin -- The North American group : globalization that works / Brad Fraleigh and Bryan L. Harvey -- The South West Pacific regional group : a view from the Pacific Island countries and territories / Mary Taylor -- International non-governmental organizations : the hundred year (or so) seed war -- seeds, sovereignty and civil society -- a historical perspective on the evolution of 'the law of the seed' / Patrick Mooney -- International research centres : the consultative group on international agricultural research and the international treaty / Gerald Moore and Emile Frison -- The seed industry : plant breeding and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / Anke van den Hurk -- Farmers' communities : a reflection on the treaty from small farmers' perspectives / Wilhelmina R. Pelegrina and Renato Salazar -- Gene bank curators : towards implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture by the Indian National Gene Bank / Shyam Kumar Sharma and Pratibha Brahmi -- Plant breeders : the point of view of a plant breeder on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / José I. Cubero -- The Global Crop Diversity Trust : an essential element of the treaty's funding strategy / Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler -- Consumers : biodiversity is a common good / Cinzia Scaffidi -- Our heritage is our future : humankind's responsibility for food security / Cosima Hufler and Renè Lefeber -- An innovative and transparent option for royalty payment under the treaty : implementing Article 6.1 Crop-related modality of the standard material transfer agreement / Carlos M. Correa -- General conclusions : summary of stakeholders' views and suggestions to cope with the challenges in the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / Christine Frison, Francisco López and José T. Esquinas-Alcázar -- Annex 1 : History, milestones and calendar of meetings of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -- Annex 2 : Adoption and ratification process of the treaty and table of contracting parties by FAO regional groups -- Annex 3 : Overview of the main provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -- Annex 4 : Country case-study : Brazil's actions and reactions to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / Lidio Coradin and Maria José Amstalden Sampaio -- Annex 5 : Some stories on the inception of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / José Ramón López Pontillo and Francisco Martínez Gómez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.