Promoting Sustainable Innovations in Plant Varieties. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Kochupillai, Mrinalini
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: An Economic and Philosophical Introduction to `Sustainable Innovations ́in Plant Varieties; 1.1 Shiva: A Symbol of `Sustainable Innovation;́ 1.2 Shiva to Schumpeter: Revisiting `Creative Destruction;́ 1.2.1 Shiva, Sombart and Schumpeter: Identifying the Differences; 1.2.2 The Sustainability of `Creative Destruction;́ 1.3 `Creative Destruction ́in the Agricultural Seeds Sector; 1.4 The Organization of This Book; 1.5 A Note on Methodology; Chapter 2: The International Legal Framework for the Protection of Plant Varieties and Agrobiodiversity. 2.1 The International Legal Framework for the Protection of Plant Varieties: The Background Leading to the Research Goal2.1.1 The UPOV Texts; 2.1.2 The CBD and the ITPGRFA; 2.1.3 Sustainable Innovation: What and Why; 2.1.4 Why In Situ Agrobiodiversity Conservation?; 2.2 The Background Leading to the Delimited Research Objectives (Scope of the Study); 2.2.1 Why Intellectual Property Protection Regimes?; 2.2.2 Why India?; 2.2.3 The Informal Seed Sector: What and Why?; 2.2.4 Why the Pulses Sector; Chapter 3: Plant Breeding and Seed Improvement: Then and Now. 3.1 Traditional (In Situ) Agriculture and Associated Socio-Cultural Practices: Historical and Scientific Perspectives3.1.1 On-Farm Crop Improvement and In Situ Evolution of Agrobiodiversity; 3.1.2 Traditional Agriculture and Associated Scientific and Socio-Cultural Practices; 3.2 The Evolution of Formal (Ex Situ) Crop Improvement and Plant Breeding; 3.2.1 Mendelian Genetics and the Creation of Hybrids; 3.2.1.1 The Economics of Hybrid Seeds; 3.2.2 Self-Pollinating Varieties and Male Sterile Lines; 3.2.3 Terminator and Traitor Technologies. 3.2.4 Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds: Bt and Roundup Ready Technology3.2.5 The Sustainability of `Modern ́Agriculture; 3.2.5.1 The Impact of Modern Plant Breeding on Genetic Variability and Genetic Diversity; 3.3 Chapter Conclusions; Chapter 4: The Indian Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act 2001: A Critical Overview; 4.1 Indian Agriculture and Associated Agricultural Policies: History and Current Status; 4.1.1 History of Agriculture and Agricultural Policies in India; 4.1.1.1 Agricultural RandD in Pre-independence India. 4.1.1.2 Agricultural Policies and 5-Year Plans in Independent India: An Overview4.1.1.3 Green Revolution and HYV Seeds in India; 4.1.1.4 Seed Act, 1966 and the Seed Review Team Report, 1968; 4.1.1.5 The 5 Year Plans of India and Recent Trends; 4.1.2 Background of the Indian PPVandFR Act; 4.1.2.1 Agriculture in India: The Formal Seed Sector; 4.1.2.2 Agriculture in India: The Informal Seed Sector; 4.2 The Indian PPVandFR Act: Objects and Purpose; 4.3 PPVandFR Act in Practice: Understanding Key Provisions; 4.3.1 The `Parental Lines ́Case.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 631; Plant varieties; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Plant varieties; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3662527960; 9783662527962
• Related ISBNs: 3662527952; 9783662527955
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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