Easing barriers to movement of plant varieties for agricultural development
This volume presents recommendations and papers presented in an international workshop on seed policies organized in 1995 by the World Bank. Papers and discussions at the workshop identified reforms to speed the flow of private seed technology into developing countries. Key recommendations advise go...
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank
1997
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| Series: | World Bank discussion paper
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Table of Contents:
- List of tables, figures, and boxes
- List of abbreviations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- 1. Workshop overview and recommendations / David Gisselquist
- 2. Regulations and recommendations for reform
- Comparing EU and US seed regulatory systems / Jim Elgin
- Recommendations to increase the flow of seed technology to farmers in developing countries / Mark condon
- Recommendations for national private seed industry development / Federico Poey
- Three main barriers: weak protection for intellectual property, unreasonable phytosanitary rules, and compulsory variety registration / Jon Geadelmann
- World phytosanitary system: problems and solutions / Denis McGee
- Seed regulatory frameworks and the availability of crop varieties / Robert Tripp
- Streamlining for a demend-driven seed sector: a framework for policy reform / Jitendra P. Srivastava
- 3. Supply of new varieties
- Prospects and constraints for hybrid maize in developing countries / Roberto W. Ansaldo and Ray Riley
- A international strategy for cotton breeding, variety introduction, and seed supply / Donald A. Pallin
- Assessment of the international transfer of wheat varieties / Mywish Maredia, Richard Ward, and Derek Byerlee
- Genetic resources, international organizations, and rice varietal improvement / R. E. Evenson and D. Gollin
- 4. Country experiences with reform
- Seed industry regulations and seed industry development in India / Pramod K. Agrawal
- Impact of Turkey's 1980s seed regulatory reforms / David Gisselquist and Carl Pray
- Reform, regulations, and recent developments in the seed system in Peru / Joseph Cortes
- 1990 seed policy reform in Bangladesh / David Gisselquist
- Annex 1: Workshop program
- Annex 2: List of participants
- Annex 3: List of other papers presented and distributed at the workshop