The Role of Seed Patents in International Development: A Critique from Catholic Social Thought
This paper uses Catholic social thought as a framework to critique the effects of seed patenting on the viability of agriculture around the world. Beginning with the principle of âauthentic human developmentâ first articulated in Paul VI's Populorum Progressio, the paper identifies three paradigms of farming in Catholic social thought and uses these paradigms to examine the effects of the contemporary seed patenting regime on individual farmers and indigenous communities. The paper concludes by examining existing human rights frameworks and proposed policy reforms, and suggests a hybrid approach best defends the relevant interests of small farmers and indigenous communities.
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