Transaction costs of germplasm exchange under bilateral agreements

∗ This paper is part of the background papers that have been prepared at the request of the GFAR Secretariat, in order to provide a technical background to GFAR stakeholders in their deliberations on the policy issues that are being analyzed in the "Initiative on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture". The paper is solely the responsibility of the authors, and does not necessarily represent the views of GFAR, nor of any of its stakeholders.