the GRAIN Home Page is dedicated to struggle against GM crops in Asia. by GRAIN | 14 Jul 2003 Seedling - July 2003
DNA: The Secret of Life by James D Watson, with Andrew Berry (New York: Knopf, 2003) by M Susan Lindee | 1 Jul 2003 Seedling - July 2003
The African Proposal to the WTO: We Have The Right Not to Patent Life and to Recognize Community Knowledge by Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher | 1 Jul 2003
The power of peoples' traditional knowledge: How TRIPS threatens biodiversity & food sovereignty by EED partners | 21 Jun 2003
GMOs, Pesticide Use, and Alternatives: Lessons from the U.S. Experience by Dr. Charles M. Benbrook | 20 Jun 2003 This paper, presented at the Conference on GMOs and Agriculture, Paris, France, provides an overview of US experience with Bt cotton. This paper, presented at the Conference on GMOs and Agriculture, Paris, France, provides an overview of US experience with Bt cotton.
Campaign to demand adoption of African Group's proposal on traditional knowledge at the WTO Cancun Ministerial by Diverse Women for Diversity | 20 Jun 2003
Une rivalité Nord/Sud sur le matériel génétique : Le chapitre de la ZLÉA sur la propriété intellectuelle by Jean-Frédéric Morin | 17 Jun 2003 http://www.ceim.uqam.ca/Obs_Amer/Th_ZLEA.htm http://www.ceim.uqam.ca/Obs_Amer/pdf/2003-Jean-FredericMorin.pdf http://www.ceim.uqam.ca/Obs_Amer/Th_ZLEA.htm http://www.ceim.uqam.ca/Obs_Amer/pdf/2003-Jean-FredericMorin.pdf
FARMERS' PRIVILEGE UNDER ATTACK by GRAIN | 15 Jun 2003 The legal ability to reuse IPR-protected seed is called the farmers' privilege. Under plant variety protection (PVP) law, the totally ordinary act of saving seed or tubers becomes a privilege, a legal exception. The farmers privilege is a hot issue because the seed industry wants to control who produces seeds they want to control the market. Its also a hot issue because the seed industry is working hard to secure legal systems that restrict seed saving by farmers, be it through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), bilateral trade agreements or direct lobbying of governments. PVP or plant breeders rights legislation is all about taking power away from farmers to produce and reproduce seeds. And these laws are gaining ground. The legal ability to reuse IPR-protected seed is called the farmers' privilege. Under plant variety protection (PVP) law, the totally ordinary act of saving seed or tubers becomes a privilege, a legal exception. The farmers privilege is a hot issue because the seed industry wants to control who produces seeds they want to control the market. Its also a hot issue because the seed industry is working hard to secure legal systems that restrict seed saving by farmers, be it through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), bilateral trade agreements or direct lobbying of governments. PVP or plant breeders rights legislation is all about taking power away from farmers to produce and reproduce seeds. And these laws are gaining ground.