Essays about: "common bean"

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  1. 26. Intellectual property rights in common bean breeding : opportunities and constraints for local and participatory breeding in Nicaragua

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Marie Widengård; [2003]
    Keywords : intellectual property rights; plant breeders apos; rights; farmers apos; rights; community intellectual rights; participatory plant breeding; common bean; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : If intellectual property rights (IPR) are incentives for plant research, how do they affect plant development for the benefit of the resource-poor? This thesis analyses the implications of IPR from the perspective of small-scale users, providers and developers of seed. Special attention is given participatory plant breeding, i.e. READ MORE