Abstract
An empirical assessment of the effects of the 1994 In Trust Agreements on IRRI Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution
Highlights
The objective of this paper is to test the hypothesis that the consequences of the 1994 In-Trust Agreements lead to an enhancement of CGIAR germplasm utilization
The objective of this paper is to assess the possible influence of the 1994 In Trust Agreements (ITAs) on acquisition and distribution of germplasm held by the International Research Rice Institute (IRRI) genebank
This study attempts to add some further empirical evidence to the studies conducted by Evenson and Gollin (1977) that using production function analysis have evaluated the economic role of IRRI in improving rice cultivars in respect to the average value of modern rice varieties and by Fowler et al (2001) that examine CGIAR germplasm demand and subsequent use both in developing and developed countries
Summary
The objective of this paper is to test the hypothesis that the consequences of the 1994 In-Trust Agreements lead to an enhancement of CGIAR germplasm utilization. The foundation of the Agreements is that CGIAR Centres do not regard themselves as owners, but rather trustees for these collec tions They managed them on behalf of the beneficiaries, in particular developing countries, and they had the obligation to conserve the material to the highest technical standards, to duplicate it for safety reasons, to make it available without restrictions, and to seek no intellectual property right over it. This last obligation would include a transfer mechanism to avoid another party subsequently making the collections unavailable for research and breeding. This study attempts to add some further empirical evidence to the studies conducted by Evenson and Gollin (1977) that using production function analysis have evaluated the economic role of IRRI in improving rice cultivars in respect to the average value of modern rice varieties and by Fowler et al (2001) that examine CGIAR germplasm demand and subsequent use both in developing and developed countries
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