Food security and the governance of local knowledge in India and Indonesia (2018–2023)

Overview

Law, Environment and Development Centre researchers contribute to the Australian Research Council project seeking to:

Examine the ways small farmers identify, conserve and exchange useful plant material and incorporate it into cultivated crops through plant selection and breeding under conditions of climate change.
Identify the ways regulatory structures in India and Indonesia help or hinder this process.
Identify opportunities for the application of such local knowledge and its regulatory framework in Australia.

Key SOAS researchers

Professor of International and Environmental Law

Professor Philippe Cullet

Philippe Cullet is Professor of International and Environmental Law.

In this section

School of Anthropology, Media and Gender

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Law, Environment and Development Centre

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SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art

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