The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. This book explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies. (...)

The article:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/nc/publications/publication/issue/plant_genetic_resources_and_food_security.html?utm_source=SRFood+Newsletter&utm_campaign=14c5f4db75-2012-0724_Cameroon%2BNairobi&utm_medium=email

The Foreward:
http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/otherdocuments/odsforewordpgr2.pdf?utm_source=SRFood+Newsletter&utm_campaign=14c5f4db75-2012-0724_Cameroon%2BNairobi&utm_medium=email

The book:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/bioversity/publications/pdfs/1532_Plant_Genetic_Resources_and_Food_Security.pdf?cache=1343146756

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4020:fao-moves-to-halt-plant-genetic-erosion&catid=117:agricoltura&Itemid=103