Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge for Food Security
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Beschreibung
With exponentially increasing population across the globe and shrinking resources, the concern of food security is looming large over the world community. To catch up with the fierce pace of growth in all the sectors of development, ensuring uninhibited availability of food resources is a prime agenda. The growing global demand for food, feed, fiber and bio-based renewable materials, such as bio-fuels, is changing the conditions for genetic resources development and bio-resource production worldwide.
The crucial role in ensuring food security is played by the agro-based industries and enterprises. Advances in plant genetic resources coupled with traditional knowledge of the local tribes and native practices facilitate achievement of food security.
A pioneer book to cover the importance of plant genetics recourses and Indian traditional knowledge in agriculture for food security Contributions from top scholars on debatable issues of intellectual property rights in relation to plant genetics recourses and Indian traditional knowledge One stop source of information for professionals, researchers and academicians studying intellectual property rights and traditional knowledge Collects global information regarding international treaties, benefit-sharing and bio-prospecting
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Romesh Kumar Salgotra
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