Policies Impacting Access to Plant Genetic Resources in Last Four Decades

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Pratibha Brahmi
Vandana Tyagi
Pragya .
Anuradha Agrawal

Abstract

A paradigm shift occurred in the international policy environment with respect to biological diversity from
“heritage of mankind” to “sovereign rights of a nation”, primarily triggered by the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) in 1992. To address the issue of food security, in terms of access to plant genetic resources
for food and agriculture (PGRFA) as well as for realization of farmer’s rights, the International Treaty for Plant
Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) was adopted 2001. In 2010 a Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefi t Sharing
(NP-ABS) was developed under CBD to facilitate exchange of biological resources bilatellary between countries,
on mutually agreed terms. Both the Treaty and CBD off er regulatory mechanisms for exchange of germplasm
and fair and equitable share of benefi ts and are implemented through national policies in mutually supportive
manner. However, practically they have impacted germplasm fl ow. In the world of plant breeding and crop
improvement, these regulations are seen to bring a slow-down in the international exchange of germplasm
hampering scientifi c progress

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Policies Impacting Access to Plant Genetic Resources in Last Four Decades. (2022). Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 35(03), 213–217. https://ispgr.in/index.php/ijpgr/article/view/535
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Policies Impacting Access to Plant Genetic Resources in Last Four Decades. (2022). Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources, 35(03), 213–217. https://ispgr.in/index.php/ijpgr/article/view/535

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