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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Kalyani Raghunathan

Kalyani Raghunathan is Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in New Delhi, India. Her research lies at the intersection of agriculture, gender, social protection, and public health and nutrition, with a specific focus on South Asia and Africa. 

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Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations

2023Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A.
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Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations

The role of intellectual property has become increasingly important in protecting creations of the mind and making day-to-day business decisions. Hence, if innovations are left unprotected, they can be exploited by competitors with capacity to commercialize them. This policy brief points out that lowand middle-income countries face intellectual property-related challenges compared to high-income countries due to inadequate intellectual property awareness, the high cost of processing patent applications, weak enforcement of intellectual property rights, and weak research and development capacity. Group of Seven (G7) countries are thus better positioned, as high-income countries, to lead globally on intellectual property enforcement, and leverage the flexibilities within the trade related aspects of intellectual property to support and encourage future technologies in low- and middle-income countries. We propose that G7 countries support the creation of equity- and rights-based awareness on intellectual property rights, the improvement of mechanisms and systems for enforcement, and investment in research and development via building local support to reduce costs.

Year published

2023

Authors

Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A.

Citation

Luwedde, Justine; Taylor, Peter; Koo, Jawoo; Chambers, Judith A. 2023. Intellectual property rights regimes, their assets, and limitations. Think7 Policy Brief April 2023. https://www.think7.org/publication/intellectual-property-rights-regimes-their-assets-and-limitations/

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Canada; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; United States

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Northern America; Western Europe; Southern Europe; Eastern Asia; Copyright; Income; Intellectual Property Rights; Patents; Research

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English

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Open Access

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Digital Innovation

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Brochure

Ending hunger, malnutrition, and poverty

2021International Food Policy Research Institute
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Ending hunger, malnutrition, and poverty

The combination of IFPRI’s cutting-edge research and Japan’s advanced technologies and know-how enable our work with Japan to not only address the current emergencies but also build resilience to future crises and support sustainable development. Throughout its work, IFPRI conducts rigorous evaluations, using innovative methods such as randomized controlled trials (RCT), to measure the impact of interventions and develop clear evidence to inform policymaking.

Year published

2021

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2021. Ending hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134428

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Japan

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Asia; Eastern Asia; Health; Hunger; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Poverty; Food Systems

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English

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Open Access

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Brochure

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Magazine Article

Strengthening food system resilience: Important roles of Japanese technologies and nutrition knowledge [in Japanese]

2020Swinnen, Johan
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Strengthening food system resilience: Important roles of Japanese technologies and nutrition knowledge [in Japanese]

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2020

Authors

Swinnen, Johan

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Swinnen, Johan. 2020. Strengthening food system resilience: Important roles of Japanese technologies and nutrition knowledge [in Japanese]. International Development Journal August 2020: 18. https://www.idj.co.jp/cp-bin/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/202008Chirami.pdf

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Japan

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Asia; Eastern Asia; Covid-19; Technology; Nutrition; Resilience; Food Systems

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Other lang

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Limited Access

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Blogs

Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit: Leveraging Japanese knowledge to address global health and nutrition challenges
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January 14, 2022

Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit: Leveraging Japanese knowledge to address global health and nutrition challenges

By Swati Malhotra, Futoshi Yamauchi, and Hiroyuki Takeshima

Innovative approaches to solving the problems of food insecurity.

TICAD7 Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address Africa’s food and nutrition challenges
IFPRI Blog
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September 27, 2019

TICAD7 Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address Africa’s food and nutrition challenges

By Hiroyuki Takeshima, Futoshi Yamauchi, and Swati Malhotra

Japanese organizations and businesses are working with African partners on a variety of fronts, from surimi factories to tomato production—a discussion.

G20 agriculture ministers agree to cooperate on promoting digital technologies for more efficient food systems
IFPRI Blog
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May 22, 2019

G20 agriculture ministers agree to cooperate on promoting digital technologies for more efficient food systems

By Rob Vos and Swati Malhotra

The promise of farming tech, building better food value chains, and reducing food loss and waste dominate the agriculture ministers' agenda.

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Events

The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8)
IFPRI at External Event

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September 28, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8)

Virtual Event: September 28, 2022 – 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM JST. The side event explores how Japan can lend its expertise to address Africa’s food and nutrition challenges and show some evidence of the impacts.

Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address food and nutrition challenges in the developing world
IFPRI at External Event

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November 30, 2021, 6:00 – 7:30 am

Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address food and nutrition challenges in the developing world

Virtual Event: Nov 30, 2021 – 06:00 AM to 07:30 AM EST. This event explores how Japan can lend its expertise to address food and nutrition challenges in the developing world.

IFPRI @ Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021
IFPRI at External Event

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November 30 to December 2, 2021

IFPRI @ Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021

Virtual Event: Nov 30, 2021 – 05:00 AM to Dec 2, 2021 11:00 PM EST. IFPRI is participating in the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021

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News

March 08, 2023 | In the News

IFPRI and NMIMR collaborate with Japanese specialists to intensify school feeding program (Citi Newsroom) 

A Japan-funded project between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has been launched, writes Citi Newsroom (Ghana).  The project “Protecting vulnerable children from exacerbated food insecurity crisis through Japan’s expertise on school lunch: Intervention in Ghana” seeks to protect vulnerable children from situations of escalating food […]

January 11, 2023 | In the News

Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / Japan losing ground in competition to buy chicken (Japan News) 

Over the past 25 years, Japan has benefited from the free trade system under the World Trade Organization writes Japan News in its report on the state of export restrictions across the globe amid the confrontation between the United States and China, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chapter 12 of the agreement provides that “the […]

March 26, 2022 | In the News

Japan sets up a fish processing training center in Côte d’Ivoire (Commoda Africa) 

Commoda Africa published an article stating that as part of fisheries cooperation between Côte d’Ivoire and Japan, the first training center for fish processing techniques in surimi has been set up. Participating in the center, which aims to improve the livelihoods of fishing communities, the Japanese NGO Uminokuni, and IFPRI. 

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