Assessment of progress to make the multilateral system functional: Incentives and challenges at the country level

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 199-225

  Noriega, Isabel López ^a   Wambugu, Peterson ^b   Mejías, Alejandro ^c  

^a BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849776813     Document Type: Chapter

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