In Brief

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In their recent joint statement on climate change, China and Brazil stress the need to combine “urgent climate responses” with the protection of nature to, among other goals, eradicate hunger. Accomplishing these goals will not be easy because some are conflicting. High-yielding seeds needing little agricultural inputs to grow seem to be the panacea required. Are legal tools available to help incentivize the development of such seeds?Read more

In Brief

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Victoria Borodinova, Brazil Flag, Brazil, Friendship, Publicdomainpictures.net

在中国和巴西近期发布的“应对气候变化联合声明”中,两国强调需将“紧急气候响应”和保护自然相结合,以实现消除饥饿等目标。因为有些目标相互矛盾,所以要实现这些目标并非易事。在此情况下,不需要投放大量农业资源而即可生长的高产种子似乎是解决此困境所需的灵丹妙药。是否有法律工具可以帮助激励此类种子的发展?Read more