Rights to Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Abstract

The World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, which has previously deepened the studies on the question of rights to plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge in the international trading system, took up these issues. One year after the adoption of the Animal Genetic Resources Global Plan of Action by the International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (AnGRFA), it gathered a pool of experts to discuss the interface of AnGRFA, international trade and property rights. The result of this exchange is at the centre of this report.