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Construction of a fund for the sharing of benefits from the utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2001

JOSEPH C. COOPER
JOSEPH C. COOPER
Affiliation:
RED, Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036–5831, USA. E-mail: jcooper@econ.ag.gov
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Abstract

A major issue in international multilateral negotiations is the creation of a fund for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). This paper provides a conceptual understanding of the economic value of PGRFA, identifies proxies for this value that can be used to determine the relative contribution of each country to the benefit-sharing fund, and evaluates the suitability of each proxy to this task.

Type
Research Article
Information
Environment and Development Economics , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 47 - 62
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

The author thanks Rick Horan (Economic Research Service), Jacques Vercueil and Clive Stannard (Food and Agriculture Organization), and the anonymous referees for their helpful comments. The views contained herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the United States Department of Agriculture.