| TRANSFER of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | ||
| Welcome | Transfer of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a self-study guide designed to help researchers better understand the intellectual property rights and phytosanitary issues involved when moving rice germplasm to or from IRRI. It aims to avoid breaches of legislation when PGRFA is exchanged. | |
| Modules | The guide contains the following modules:
Procedures for moving PGRFA is a set of steps that you must follow to ensure problem-free movement of rice plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. This module deals ONLY with cases where PGRFA movement involves a transfer of intellectual property rights. Intellectual Property Rights and PGRFA movement and Importance of Seed Health in PGRFA movement are information-based. They provide some basic background information on intellectual property and phytosanitary issues.
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| Terminology | In this course, the terms "PGRFA", "plant genetic resources for food and agriculture" and "germplasm" are used synonymously. | |
| Technical requirements | Recommended System Requirements: System Memory: 1GB Disk Space: 700mb Operating System: Windows XP Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or higher, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Version 3 or higher Plug-ins: Macromedia Flash Player 8 or higher Some pages have audio files attached. It is recommended that you turn on your speaker or have a headset on. |
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| To begin, click one of the links on the Main Menu OR click below to go to Procedures for moving PGRFA. | ||
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