Re-purposing the master's tools: the open source seed initiative and the struggle for seed sovereignty

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1225-1246

  Kloppenburg, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

food sovereignty; genetic resources; intellectual property rights; open source; plant breeding; seed sovereignty; seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919845536     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.875897     Document Type: Article

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