Plant Genetic Resources: Needs, Rights, and Opportunities

Abstract

Technological advances allow us to tap into genetic resources to address food and nutritional security in the face of population growth, urbanization, climate change, and environmental degradation. It is vital, particularly for developing countries, to ensure that the policy framework regulating access and use of genetic resources keeps pace with technological developments.

Keywords: Nagoya Protocol; Plant Treaty; genetic resources; genomics; information; policy.