Intellectual property rights: Key to access or entry barrier for developing countries

Abstract

Implementation of an innovation-system approach is critical to facilitate the adaptation and assimilation of biotechnology developed in other countries. Protection of IPR will play an important role creating a safe climate for technology transfer and needs to involve a close relationships between science, technology and the market to foster innovations and their dissemination. Sound policies are needed to ensure that researchers, enterprises, NGOs and farmers can participate.