Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 36
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Meanwhile, global agribusiness and biotechnology corporations have transformed the global commercial seed market into a multi-billion dollar industry and four companies alone account for 50% of this market. With such lucrative monopolies at stake, these international corporations have actively exercised the IPR regime to secure exclusive access to, and thus royalties from, patented seeds.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Economic Rights
Food & Nutrition
Personnes concernées
N.A.
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/51, para. 36.