Bioleft: open-source seeds for low-input farming systems

Cremaschi, Almendra; van Zwanenberg, Patrick

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Author(s): Almendra Cremaschi , Patrick van Zwanenberg

Publication date (Print): 1 June 2020

Journal: Journal of Fair Trade

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Bioleft, Open-source seeds, Collaborative innovation

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Publication date (Print): 1 June 2020

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Baden, T., Chagas, A. M., Gage, G., Marzullo, T., Prieto-Godino, L. L. and Euler, T. (2015). Open Labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment. PLoS Biology, 13(3).
Benkler, Y. (2006). The wealth of networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom. New Haven (CT) and London: Yale University Press.
Falcon, W. and Fowler, C. (2002). Carving up the commons: emergence of a new international regime for germplasm development and transfer. Food Policy, 27, 197-222.
Fess, T.L., Kotcon, J.B. and Benedito, V.A. (2011). Crop breeding for low input agriculture: a sustainable response to feed a growing world population. Sustainability, 3, 1742-1772.
Fulton, M. and Giannakas, K. (2001). Agricultural biotechnology and industry structure. AgBioForum, 4(2), 137-151.
Howard, P.H. (2015). Intellectual property and consolidation in the seed industry. Crop Science, 55, 2489-2495.
IPES-Food (2016). From uniformity to diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. http://www.ipes-food.org/_img/upload/files/UniformityToDiversity_FULL.pdf.
Kotschi, J. and Horneburg, B. (2018). The Open Source Seed Licence: A novel approach to safeguarding access to plant germplasm. PLoS Biology, 16(10): e3000023.
Luby, C.H., Kloppenburg, J., Michaels, T.E. and Goldman, I.L. (2015). Enhancing freedom to operate for plant breeders and farmers through open source plant breeding. Crop Science, 55, 2581-2488.
Piesse, C. and Thirtle, C. (2010). Agricultural R&D, technology and productivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365, 3035-3047.
Quilley, S., Hawreliak, J. and Kish, K. (2016). Finding an alternative route: Towards open, eco-cyclical, and distributed production. Journal of Peer Production, 9.
Schenkelaars, P., de Vriend, H. and Kalaitzandonakes, N. (2011). Drivers of consolidation in the seed industry and its consequences for innovation. Report for COGEM (Commissie Genetische Modificatie). Wageningen (NL): Schenkelaars Biotechnology Consultancy.
Tripp, R. and Louwaars, N. (1997). Seed regulation: Choices on the road to reform. Food Policy, 22, 433-446.
Van Zwanenberg, P., Fressoli, M., Arza, V., Smith, A. and Marin, A. (2017). Open and collaborative developments, STEPS Working Paper 98, Brighton: STEPS Centre.
Weber, S. (2004). The success of open source. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.

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[1] Baden, T., Chagas, A. M., Gage, G., Marzullo, T., Prieto-Godino, L. L. and Euler, T. (2015). Open Labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment. PLoS Biology, 13(3).

[2] Benkler, Y. (2006). The wealth of networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom. New Haven (CT) and London: Yale University Press.

[3] Falcon, W. and Fowler, C. (2002). Carving up the commons: emergence of a new international regime for germplasm development and transfer. Food Policy, 27, 197-222.

[4] Fess, T.L., Kotcon, J.B. and Benedito, V.A. (2011). Crop breeding for low input agriculture: a sustainable response to feed a growing world population. Sustainability, 3, 1742-1772.

[5] Fulton, M. and Giannakas, K. (2001). Agricultural biotechnology and industry structure. AgBioForum, 4(2), 137-151.

[6] Howard, P.H. (2015). Intellectual property and consolidation in the seed industry. Crop Science, 55, 2489-2495.

[7] IPES-Food (2016). From uniformity to diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems. International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. http://www.ipes-food.org/_img/upload/files/UniformityToDiversity_FULL.pdf.

[8] Kotschi, J. and Horneburg, B. (2018). The Open Source Seed Licence: A novel approach to safeguarding access to plant germplasm. PLoS Biology, 16(10): e3000023.

[9] Luby, C.H., Kloppenburg, J., Michaels, T.E. and Goldman, I.L. (2015). Enhancing freedom to operate for plant breeders and farmers through open source plant breeding. Crop Science, 55, 2581-2488.

[10] Piesse, C. and Thirtle, C. (2010). Agricultural R&D, technology and productivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365, 3035-3047.

[11] Quilley, S., Hawreliak, J. and Kish, K. (2016). Finding an alternative route: Towards open, eco-cyclical, and distributed production. Journal of Peer Production, 9.

[12] Schenkelaars, P., de Vriend, H. and Kalaitzandonakes, N. (2011). Drivers of consolidation in the seed industry and its consequences for innovation. Report for COGEM (Commissie Genetische Modificatie). Wageningen (NL): Schenkelaars Biotechnology Consultancy.

[13] Tripp, R. and Louwaars, N. (1997). Seed regulation: Choices on the road to reform. Food Policy, 22, 433-446.

[14] Van Zwanenberg, P., Fressoli, M., Arza, V., Smith, A. and Marin, A. (2017). Open and collaborative developments, STEPS Working Paper 98, Brighton: STEPS Centre.

[15] Weber, S. (2004). The success of open source. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.