Rights and access to plant genetic resources under India's new law

Development Policy Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-442

  Ramanna, Anitha ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; GENETIC RESOURCE; LEGISLATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

EID: 3142562538     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2004.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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