The Access and Benefit-Sharing Agreement on Teff Genetic - Fridtjof ...

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Contents
Executive Summary
Explaining the failure
Recommendations in brief
Acronyms <strong>and</strong> Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction 1
1.1 <strong>The</strong> topic of this report 2
1.2 Some words on intentions 3
1.3 State of research <strong>and</strong> objectives 4
1.4 Analytical framework 4
1.5 Data collection 5
2 Background: About teff 7
2.1 Teff: <strong>The</strong> ‘super-grain’ 7
2.2 History <strong>and</strong> distribution of teff 8
2.3 Teff in Ethiopia 10
2.4 Summing up central information about teff 11
3 Institutional <strong>and</strong> legal frameworks 12
3.1 Relevant international agreements 12
3.1.1 <strong>The</strong> Convention on Biological Diversity 12
3.1.2 <strong>The</strong> Nagoya Protocol on ABS to the CBD 13
3.1.3 <strong>The</strong> International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
for Food <strong>and</strong> Agriculture 15
3.1.4 <strong>The</strong> Multilateral System of <strong>Access</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Benefit</strong>
<strong>Sharing</strong> under the ITPGRFA 15
3.2 Institutional <strong>and</strong> legal framework in Ethiopia 16
3.2.1 Ethiopian ratification of international agreements 17
3.2.2 Institute of Biodiversity Conservation 17
3.2.3 Other relevant Ethiopian institutions 19
3.2.4 Proclamation on access to genetic resources <strong>and</strong>
community knowledge 20
3.2.5 Regulation on access to genetic resources <strong>and</strong>
community knowledge 23
3.2.6 Relevance for the Teff <strong>Agreement</strong> in sum 27
3.3 Legislation in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 28
3.4 Summing up institutional <strong>and</strong> legal frameworks 28
4 <strong>The</strong> story of the Teff <strong>Agreement</strong>: early history, negotiations <strong>and</strong>
adoption 30
4.1 <strong>The</strong> short story: A timeline (I) 30
4.2 How it all began 32