Patenting our food future: Intellectual property rights and the global food system

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 575-592

  Tansey, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural R and D; Food; Patents; TRIPS

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MARKETING;

EID: 0036904325     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00305     Document Type: Article

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