Title: Material Transfer Agreements on Teff and Vernonia– Ethiopian Plant Genetic Resources

On material transfer agreements and visibility of researchers in biotechnology

When carrying out a research project, some materials may not be available in-house. Thus, investigators resort to external providers for conducting their research. To that end, the exchange may be formalised through material transfer agreements. In this context, industry, government and academia have their own specific expectations regarding compensation for the help they provide when transferr...

Material transfer agreements: a university perspective.

One of your colleagues at BigAg, Inc. (or at BigAg University) says that she’d be happy to send you her transposon insertion lines that saturate the right arm of chromosome 9; you’ll just need to have a material transfer agreement (MTA) signed by your institution. Six months later, the terms of the agreement are still under negotiation, you’ve missed the field season, your grant has expired and...

Bibliography on Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

Material transfer agreements: An economic and econometric analysis

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Material transfer agreements Payment for ecosystem services Non-monetary payment Moral satisfaction Probit with endogenous regressors This paper uses econometric analysis for understanding the determinants that affect the payment mechanism in material transfer agreements (MTAs). These contracts regulate the exchange of peculiar ecosystem services (genetic and bio...

Cryopreservation of Plant Genetic Resources