Global interdependence and the private sector
Author
Lesser, WilliamH.
Abstract
Developing countries need biotechnology products and must pay for what is used. At the same time developing countries take out patents on their own genetic materials, largely unimproved germplasm. However, we do not presently have a real market for these materials/technologies, a market which operates efficiently as do markets for major agricultural commodities. Principal limitations, in my viewpoint, are the weakness/lack of Intellectual Property Rights in many recipient countries and the virtual absence of laws controlling access to genetic materials.
Date Issued
1994
Publisher
NABC
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type
book chapter