The Role of Intellectual Property in Food Security in Developing Countries
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Intellectual Property and Human Development
2013 Seminar Series
In celebration of PIIPA's 10th anniversary, we are pleased to announce our 2013 Global Forum Seminar Series that focuses on the role of intellectual property in human development in emerging economies. Each seminar will provide tools and case studies to meet the practical demands of developing countries and public interest organizations.
Thursday June 6, 2013
9:30 – 12:00 pm
The Role of Intellectual Property in Food Security
in Developing Countries
Food security is a major problem in low and middle-income developing countries. At a basic level, food security is about fulfilling each individual’s human right to food. This basic human right to food security also relates to issues of agricultural policy, economic development and trade. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become increasingly important in the past couple of decades in agricultural biotechnology where IPRs provide a basic incentive for the development of the private sector. The extension of IPRs to agriculture is of special significance because agriculture and food security are interlinked to the realization of basic food needs. In this context the seminar will discuss Linking agricultural biodiversity and food security Plant breeders rights versus The free exchange of germplasm.
Featured Guests:
June Blalock
Technology Licensing Program Coordinator, USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer
Dr. David J. Spielman
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Rob Bertram
USAID's Director of the Office of Agriculture Research and Policy
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Save the Dates for our future seminars!
September 24, 2013 - The Role of Intellectual Property in Biodiversity Protection
Panel One – The relationship between intellectual property rights and access and benefit-sharing arrangements
Panel Two – The relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity
December 3, 2013 -The Role of Intellectual Property in Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Panel One – Protecting the economic and cultural assets of indigenous and local communities and their countries
Panel Two – What does “Protection” mean? Who benefits?
