This global citizens' report published by Navdanya, depicts concentration and restrictions in the global seed sector as a result of IPR regimes and corporate convergence. Focuses on the need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their native varieties.
A global citizens' report on 'Seed Freedom' depicts the concentration and restrictions in the global seed sector as a result of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regimes and corporate convergence. The report has been written by over hundred organisations, experts, activists and farmers, coordinated by Navdanya. It also captures the movements in the defence of seed freedom in different continents like America, Africa, Europe and Asia. It focuses on the need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their native varieties.
See Also
Feature: Whose germplasm is it? [2]
Feature: The hunt for benefits. [3]
Feature: Everyone is stealing germplasm. [4]
Analysis: Seed bill 2010. [5]
Report: Seed security for food security. [6]
Report: Trust in the seed. [7]
Report: Smallholder seed enterprises... [8]
Report: Genetic engineering enforces corporate control of agriculture. [9]
Report: GMO emperor has no clothes. [10]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/seed-freedom-global-citizens-report
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/whose-germplasm-it
[3] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/hunt-benefits
[4] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/everyone-stealing-germplasm
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/seed-bill-2010-analytic-view
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/seed-security-food-security-light-climate-change-and-soaring-food-prices
[7] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/trust-seed
[8] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/promoting-growth-and-development-smallholder-seed-enterprises-food-security-crop-0
[9] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/genetic-engineering-enforces-corporate-control-agriculture
[10] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/gmo-emperor-has-no-clothes-global-citizens-report-gmos-%E2%80%93-false-promises-failed
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vandana-shiva
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ruchi-shroff
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/caroline-lockhart
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/navdanya
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/seeds
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biopiracy
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/intellectual-property-rights-ipr
[23] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gmos
[24] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industry
[25] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[26] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[27] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[28] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
