Corporate control over seeds: Limiting access and farmers' rights

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 68-73

  Mulvany, Patrick ^a,b  

^a Intermediate Technology Development Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Food Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SEED;

AFRICA;

EID: 27844551853     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2005.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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