This chapter explores the ramifications of mandatory intellectual property protection (IPP) in both developed and developing countries, especially as it promotes or inhibits agricultural innovation. It further examines how IPP in developed countries has led to the dominance of private over public...

This chapter addresses the likely leaders and laggards from the seed industry's shift to a protected intellectual property model, by analysing the differences that have emerged between developed and developing countries. Developed countries have moved towards biotechnology, private funding and...

This chapter examines: the factors influencing private and public sector investment in plant breeding in industrial countries; the levels of investment in plant breeding and on-farm varietal use; the forces driving the privatization of plant breeding in industrial countries; the future roles for...

This chapter questions the continued need for public plant breeding programmes in developing countries and discusses their future role. The following factors driving the changes taking place in the plant breeding industry are identified: the commercialization of agriculture; the privatization of...