Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture: The World Bank's Role in Assisting Borrower and Member Countries

'Poverty and hunger are not inextricably connected. Although poor, a subsistence farmer with sufficient land, stock, and seed will be able to feed his family. What the farmer cannot do, however, is feed the increasing number of landless neighbors. World population is expected to grow from 5.8 billion to 8.5 billion by the year 2025. How will this vast population be fed?'

- From 'Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture'.

The growing involvement of the private sector in worldwide agricultur...