BACKGROUND STUDY PAPER No. | TITLE |
Background Study Paper No.65 | Status and Trends of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Micro-Organisms in Food Processes |
Background Study Paper No.64 | Status and Trends of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Microorganisms in Agroindustrial Processes |
Background Study Paper No.63 | The Conservation and Use of Micro-Organisms and Invertebrates in Root Crop-Based Systems: State of Knowledge, Trends and Future Prospects |
Background Study Paper No.62 | Invertebrates in Rice Production Systems: Status and Trends |
Background Study Paper No.61 | Micro-organisms and Ruminant Digestion: State of Knowledge, Trends and Future Prospects |
Background Study Paper No.60 | Economics of PGRFA Management for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Selected Literature |
Background Study Paper No.59 | Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – Current Use and Exchange Practices, Commonalities, Differences and User Community Needs - Report from a Multi-Stakeholder Expert Dialogue |
Background Study Paper No.58 | Trends in Intellectual Property Rights Relating to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.57 | Climate Change and Micro-Organism Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities |
Background Study Paper No.56 | Climate Change and Forest Genetic Resources – State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities |
Background Study Paper No.55 | Climate Change and Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities |
Background Study Paper No.54 | Climate Change and Invertebrate Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities |
Background Study Paper No.53 | Climate Change and Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities |
Background Study Paper No.52 | Biotechnologies for the Management of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.51 | Options to promote food security: on-farm management and in situ conservation of plant resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.50 | Threats to animal genetic resources - their relevance, importance and opportunities to decrease their impact |
Background Study Paper No.49 | Trends in intellectual property rights relating to genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.48 | The impact of climate change on countries' interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.47 | The use and exchange of biological control agents for food and agriculture
(available also in F) |
Background Study Paper No.46 | The use and exchange of microbial genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.45 | The use and exchange of aquatic genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.44 | The use and exchange of forest genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.43 | The use and exchange of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.42 | Framework study on food security and access and benefit-sharing for genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.41 | Climate change and biodiversity for food and agriculture: taking systemic and second order effects into account |
Background Study Paper No.40 | Plant genetic resources of grassland and forage species |
Background Study Paper No.39 | Establishment of a Network for the in situ conservation of crop wild relatives: status and needs |
Background Study Paper No.38 | The sustainable management of biodiversity for biological control in food and agriculture: status and needs |
Background Study Paper No.37 | Status and trends in aquatic genetic resources: a basis for international policy |
Background Study Paper No.36 | Technical review of status and trends of the world's forest genetic resources |
Background Study Paper No.35 Rev.1 | A typology of the effects of (trans)gene flow on the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources |
Background Study Paper No.34 | Genomics and genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.33 | The state of development of biotechnologies as they relate to the management of animal genetic resources and their potential application in developing countries |
Background Study Paper No.32 | The impact of disasters and emergencies on animal genetic resources |
Background Study Paper No.31 | Policy and criteria for the Funding Strategy for the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.30 | Options for Non-monetary Benefit-sharing: An inventory |
Background Study Paper No.29 | Report on the Types of Funding and Assistance and Institutions with Relevant Mandates to the Funding Strategy of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.28 | Environmental effects on animal genetic resources |
Background Study Paper No.27 | Commercial practice in the use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.26 | Methods of Expressing Acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of MTAs: Shrink-wrap and click-wrap agreements
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.25 | International Arbitration
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.24 | The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources |
Background Study Paper No.23 | An Analysis of Effectiveness in Plant Genetic Resources Networks |
Background Study Paper No.22 | Conservation Strategies for Animal Genetic Resources |
Background Study Paper No.21 | The Economics of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Conservation and Sustainable Use: Why is it important and what have we learned? |
Background Study Paper No.20 | Compliance Building under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.19 | The role of Law in realising the potential and avoiding the risks of modern biotechnology. Selected issues of relevance to food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.18 | Opportunities for incorporating genetic elements into the management of farm animal diseases: policy issues |
Background Study Paper No.17 | Recent developments related to biotechnology that are relevant to the analysis of the survey on the Code of Conduct
(available also in F) |
Background Study Paper No.16 | A summary and analysis of existing international plant genetic resources networks |
Background Study Paper No.15 | Potential impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) on agrobiodiversity and agricultural productions systems |
Background Study Paper No.14 | Transaction costs of germplasm exchange under bilateral agreements |
Background Study Paper No.13 | Financing treaty operations and implementation: a survey of mechanisms |
Background Study Paper No.12 | Crops proposed for the Multilateral System: centres of diversity, locations of ex situ collections, and major producing countries |
Background Study Paper No.11 | Nutritional value of some of the crops under discussion in the development of a Multilateral System |
Background Study Paper No.10 | Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to animal genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.9 | Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture |
Background Study Paper No.8 | Access to plant genetic resources and intellectual property rights |
Background Study Paper No.7 | Contribution to the estimation of countries' interdependence in the area of plant genetic resources
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.6 | Genetic improvements for maintaining diversity in agricultural crops
(Spanish only, with Summary in English and French) |
Background Study Paper No.5 | Information on ex situ collections maintained in botanic gardens
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.4 | Identifying genetic resources and their origin: the capabilities and limitations of modern biochemical and legal systems |
Background Study Paper No.3 | Providing Farmers' Rights through in situ conservation of crop genetic resources |
Background Study Paper No.2 | Sovereign and property rights over plant genetic resources
(available also in F, S, A, C) |
Background Study Paper No.1 | The appropriation of the benefits of plant genetic resources for agriculture: an economic analysis of the alternative mechanisms for biodiversity conservation |
