Crop and forage genetic resources: International interdependence in the face of climate change

Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons: Challenges in International Law and Governance

Volumn 9781849776813, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-98

  Ramirez Villegas, Julian ^a,b   Jarvis, Andy ^a   Fujisaka, Sam ^a   Hanson, Jean ^c   Leibing, Christoph ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849776813     Document Type: Chapter

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