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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349437903321

Autore

Rapela Miguel Angel

Titolo

Fostering Innovation for Agriculture 4.0 : A Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System / / by Miguel Angel Rapela

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-32493-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 pages)

Disciplina

333.9534

631.523

Soggetti

Agriculture

Plant breeding

Plant genetics

Game theory

Mass media

Law

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Plant Genetics and Genomics

Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

Tecnologia dels aliments

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 - Post Malthusian dilemmas in Agriculture 4.0 -- Chapter 2 - The regulatory tangle -- Chapter 3 - A comprehensive solution for Agriculture 4.0 -- Chapter 4 - Plant Germplasm Integrated System.

Sommario/riassunto

The scientific and technical development of any kind of germplasm is regulated by a vast network of treaties, conventions, international agreements, and national and regional legislation. These regulations govern biotechnological innovations in plants and microorganisms, access to and use of plant genetic resources, and biosafety. This complex mix has made it difficult to arrive at global interpretations,



due to overlaps, gaps, ambiguities, contradictions, and lack of consistency. The big picture is even more complex, as a series of scientific developments – gene editing in particular – have in some cases rendered these international regulatory frameworks obsolete. This book puts forward an innovative approach: a “Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System”. The System is a cooperative game theory-based proposal for a binding international convention which would supersede all other conventions, treaties, national and regional legislation covering native varieties and traditional developments, heterogeneous plant varieties, microorganisms, biotechnological inventions, plant genetic resources, and biosafety regulation. In short, it offers a comprehensive framework regarding intellectual property, biosafety, and business regulation and covers all types of germplasm. If applied, the system is expected to yield higher productivity rates in crops and improved food biodiversity, as well as a new paradigm based on the promotion of innovation for “Agriculture 4.0.”.