Institutional change and plant variety provision in Australia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-25-2005

Journal Title

Australasian Agribusiness Review

ISSN

1442-6951

Keywords

Plant breeding, Biotechnology, Intellectual property rights, Science funding, Western Australia, Farming economics

Disciplines

Agribusiness | Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Biotechnology | Genetics | Genomics | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Plant Breeding and Genetics

Abstract

The science, funding and organisation of plant breeding in Australia has changed greatly since the 1980s. This paper explores the institutional change in plant variety provision in Australia. The roles of key economic and political agents are emphasized, along with the impact of changes in biotechnology and intellectual property rights. Their joint interaction has produced a set of complex agribusiness arrangements that underpin the current funding and supply of plant varieties. The pace of institutional change has been rapid and is uncovering a further set of agribusiness issues such as access to enabling biotechnologies, funder capture, contestability in pricing of varieties and access to royalty collection facilities.

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