Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries
This thematic report looks at geographical indications (GIs) as tools of knowledge governance in agricultural development in selected Eastern and Southern African countries. The author identifies features of GI law in these countries, and concludes that properly-crafted GIs can serve as tools for su...
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| description | This thematic report looks at geographical indications (GIs) as tools of knowledge governance in agricultural development in selected Eastern and Southern African countries. The author identifies features of GI law in these countries, and concludes that properly-crafted GIs can serve as tools for support of production and marketing of a wide variety of African agricultural resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53ad9ea49a2b4d38992dad6174f3a44d2022-12-21T19:05:18ZengLINK Centre, School of Literature Language and Media (SLLM)The African Journal of Information and Communication2077-72052077-72132016-12-0119143152https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/21582Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African CountriesTesh DagneThis thematic report looks at geographical indications (GIs) as tools of knowledge governance in agricultural development in selected Eastern and Southern African countries. The author identifies features of GI law in these countries, and concludes that properly-crafted GIs can serve as tools for support of production and marketing of a wide variety of African agricultural resources.http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21582intellectual property (ip); geographical indications (gis); traditional knowledge (tk)agricultural production |
| spellingShingle | Tesh Dagne Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries The African Journal of Information and Communication intellectual property (ip); geographical indications (gis); traditional knowledge (tk) agricultural production |
| title | Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries |
| title_full | Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries |
| title_fullStr | Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries |
| title_short | Geographical Indications (GIs) as Tools for Agricultural Knowledge Governance in Selected East and Southern African Countries |
| title_sort | geographical indications gis as tools for agricultural knowledge governance in selected east and southern african countries |
| topic | intellectual property (ip); geographical indications (gis); traditional knowledge (tk) agricultural production |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/21582 |
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