The Interaction between International Agreements Pertaining to the Management of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Response of Developing Countries.

This paper is about the interaction between regimes with different rationales pertaining to one issue area, the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It analyzes some of the patterns of this interaction and the response of developing countries. The conclusion is that a systematic grasp of the aggregate effects of regimes, of the time dimension in regime interaction, and of the way in which various actors select different regimes as forums for influence may improve the uses of international agreements as a means of global governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]