Public Research in Plant Breeding and Intellectual Property Rights : A Call for New Institutional Policies

This paper addresses the issue of using intellectual property rights (IPRs) in public sector breeding, and the potential impact on breeding strategies and on the costs and benefits. The paper is based on a study on the impact of IPRs in the breedi...

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Main Authors: Louwaars, Niels, Tripp, Rob, Eaton, Derek
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7014221/public-research-plant-breeding-intellectual-property-rights-call-new-institutional-policies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9604