In the light of continuing research and technology development, the process of producing
improved varieties, clones, breeds and stains of agriculturally important species is …

We focus on pre-Columbian agricultural regimes in the Maya Lowlands, using new datasets
of archaeological wood charcoal, seeds, phytoliths, and starch grains; biological properties …

Seed is basic to crop production. Next to its importance in production, food security and rural
development, seed is a key element in many debates about technology development and …

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural
biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However …

'Each chapter analyses both policy areas, access to medicines and agriculture/genetic
resources. These three exceptionally rich, fieldwork-based case studies constitute the meat …

Benefit sharing is an international policy concept that originated in the 1970s with the aim of
regulating the distribution of certain resources and the benefits derived from their use (De …

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 …

Proefschrift De Jonge 3 Page 1 I Plants, Genes and Justice An Inquiry into Fair and
Equitable Benefit-Sharing Bram De Jonge Page 2 II Thesis committee Thesis supervisor …

Applied genetics combined with practical plant breeding is a powerful tool in agricultural
development and for food security. The Green Revolution spurred the world's potential to …

Agriculture is deemed to have appeared roughly ten thousand years ago, disrupting the
existing ecological balance, and allowing human population growth to take off.'Not all …