The Sharing of Benefits from the Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Joseph C. Cooper
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Joseph C. Cooper: Deputy Director, Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service (United States Department of Agriculture)

Chapter Chapter 9 in Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development, 2005, pp 177-195 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A major issue in international multilateral negotiations is the creation of a fund for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFAs). This chapter provides a conceptual understanding of the economic value of PGRFAs, identifies proxies for this value that can be used to determine the relative contribution of each country to the benefit-sharing fund, and evaluates the suitability of each proxy to this task.

Keywords: agriculture; benefit-sharing; biodiversity; Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; conservation; developing countries; economic value; environmental indicators; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; plant genetic resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25409-9_9

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