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Funds for Research on Transgenic Crops — The Balance Between Public and Private Sector
Funds for Research on Transgenic Crops — The Balance Between Public and Private Sector
Pages 23-26
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Whereas fundamental research is still being carried out in the public sector, the strategic application, in sharp contrast to the "Green Revolution," takes place largely in the private sector where much of the intellectual property is controlled. In these circumstances, research priorities are driven by market forces (e.g., price signals)
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governments should fully recognize that there will always be public interestlgoods research requiring public investment even in the marketdriven economy; it is imperative that public funding of research in this area is maintained at least at its present level in both CGIAR and national research institutions; (ii) governments, international organizations and aid agencies should acknowledge that plant genomics research is a legitimate and important object for public funding, and that the results of such research should be placed in the public domain; 24
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incentives are needed to encourage commercial research companies to share with the public sector more of their capacity for innovation; and (v) care should be taken so that research is not inhibited by over-protective intellectual property regimes.
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