Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
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| Publisher: | CABI |
| Subject: | Agricultural biotechnology, Patents, Intellectual property |
| Authors: | Jay P. Kesan |
| Pages: | 383 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9781845932015 |
| Call No: | S494.5.B563A278 2007 |
Scientists are becoming progressively more involved in developing methods for increasing agricultural productivity and designing plants with certain qualities. As such, genetic engineering has given plant breeders a means to exercise property rights over different varieties of plants. This has created many implications and given way to much controversy, with most objections being raised against the idea of owning life. With the use of comparative studies, this book discusses the legal, agribusiness and public policy issues that connect intellectual property protection with advancements in agricultural biotechnology.