News
Summer 2011.
Due to insufficient funding, the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) was officially laid down (closed) in the summer of 2011. For inquiries related to the programme, please contact the Canadian Friends Service Committee at (416) 920-5213 or cfsc[at]quakerservice.ca. QIAP's website and on-line publications will be re-located to CFSC's website at: http://quakerservice.ca/our-work/economics-and-ecology/intellectual-property-rights-2/
Nov. 2010. Annual Report and Appeal 2009-10 is now available
Fall 2009. The book The Future Control of Food is now available in Spanish/
El Control Futuro De Los Alimentos - Disponible en español
June 2009, QIAP wins distinguished book award
At the June 2009 UK Guild of Food Writers awards ceremony, the Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing was jointly awarded to QIAP's The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security and chef Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food television series.
Jan. 21, 2008. QIAP launches book The Future Control of Food
On Jan. 21, 2008 the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) launched the book The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security produced by the QIAP and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Meetings in Geneva. The decision to produce this book was a response to concerns negotiators in various multilateral negotiations raised about the need for such a guide as well as an observation that negotiators or groups working in one area were often unaware, and sometime undermining, what was happening elsewhere that we encountered in the Quaker programme of work in this area.
The book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and various other international bodies. The final part discusses the responses of civil society groups to the changing global rules, how these changes affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.
The book is published by Earthscan and can be purchased through :• Earthscan in the UK. For 20% discount download this pdf
• UBC Press in Canada. For 20% discount download this pdf
The book is also free online in HTML and XML formats on IDRC's website - click on "READ ONLINE" or the "DOWNLOAD BOOK" button.
Book
Launch Events
March 3, 2008
13:00-15:00
The Munk Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
A seminar and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Co-sponsored by Development Seminar, Masters in International Relations, Toronto Food Policy Council, and Ryerson Centre for the Studies in Food Security.
For details contact cis.general@utoronto.ca
March 6, 2008
13:00-15:00
IDRC, 8 th floor, Room W. David Hopper “C”, 150 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada
A dialgoue and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Seats are limited. RSVP by March 3 at ips@idrc.ca
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