Tag: Open Source

Alternative to Intellectual Property: Open Source for Seeds?

10 February, 2019 Intellectual Property

In this CIRAD Policy Brief, Sélim Louafi, Ida Westphal, Maywa Montenegro, Daniele Manzella, Gloria Otieno, Sophie Steigerwald and Jack Kloppenburg discuss the application of the open source concept to seeds. …

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The world’s farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic. This impacts the poor and vulnerable most severely, many of whom are agricultural households, reflecting widening inequalities across and within countries.

Food is the third most basic human need after air and water – everyone should have the right to adequate food. Human rights such as the right to food, life and liberty, work and education are recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and two legally binding international covenants.

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).