Skip to menu Skip to content Skip to footer
Dr Kamalesh Adhikari
Dr

Kamalesh Adhikari

Email: 

Overview

Background

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari is Senior Research Fellow with the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods and Associate Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture at the The University of Queensland. His current research focusses on socio-legal issues and concerns associated with the collection, use, and circulation of native and indigenous plants, including traditional knowledge. At the ARC Centre, he leads research on native title law and coordinates the development of relationships and agreements between several partners, involving plant scientists, industry stakeholders, and Indigenous partners and communities. He is also a research partner in the Research Council of Norway and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute's Suitable Seeds Project which explores the role that intellectual property has played in shaping the history and practices of gene and seed banks. Dr Adhikari is also undertaking a critical account of the concept of farmers’ rights in intellectual property law. Dr Adhikari previously worked as an AIBE Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Business and Economics (AIBE) and as Research Director at South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment. He has undertaken collaborative research with a number of institutions including Consumers International and the Southeast Asian Council for Food Security and Fair Trade (Malaysia), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (Italy and Nepal), Fridtjof Nansen Institute and the Development Fund (Norway), International Development Research Centre and International Institute for Sustainable Development (Canada), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (Pakistan), Consumer Unity and Trust Society and Green Foundation (India), Oxfam Novib and Wageningen University (The Netherlands), United Nations Development Programme (Nepal and Sri Lanka), and Institute of Policy Studies and Law and Society Trust (Sri Lanka).

Availability

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Research interests

  • Intellectual Property Law and Food Security

  • Food security, biodiversity and farmers' rights

  • Native Title and Biodiscovery Laws

  • Indigenous Peoples

  • Law and Science & Technology Studies

Works

Search Professor Kamalesh Adhikari’s works on UQ eSpace

37 works between 2008 and 2024

1 - 20 of 37 works

2024

Journal Article

Indigenous peoples’ rights should be recognized and strengthened to boost food innovation research

Adhikari, Kamalesh, Sherman, Brad, Marrie, Henrietta, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Chen, Gengning (2024). Indigenous peoples’ rights should be recognized and strengthened to boost food innovation research. Nature Food, 5 (10), 802-804. doi: 10.1038/s43016-024-01051-5

Indigenous peoples’ rights should be recognized and strengthened to boost food innovation research

2024

Conference Publication

Consumer responses to Australian native food products: expectations, assumptions, and realities

Wijngaarden, Clare, Adhikari, Kamalesh and Smyth, Heather Eunice (2024). Consumer responses to Australian native food products: expectations, assumptions, and realities. 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Rimini, Italy, 8-12 September 2024.

Consumer responses to Australian native food products: expectations, assumptions, and realities

2024

Conference Publication

Effects of product experience and information on consumer attitudes and purchase motivation for Australian wattleseed

Wijngaarden, Clare, Jacob, Sera Susan, Adhikari, Kamalesh and Smyth, Heather Eunice (2024). Effects of product experience and information on consumer attitudes and purchase motivation for Australian wattleseed. NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 7-9 February 2024.

Effects of product experience and information on consumer attitudes and purchase motivation for Australian wattleseed

2023

Conference Publication

Ethical and legal considerations in research with Indigenous peoples and plants

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2023). Ethical and legal considerations in research with Indigenous peoples and plants. ARC Training Centre for Australian Wine Production Workshop, Adelaide, SA Australia, 20 November 2023. University of Adelaide.

Ethical and legal considerations in research with Indigenous peoples and plants

2023

Conference Publication

Native Title law restrictions for Indigenous peoples and scientific research: when the cure kills!

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2023). Native Title law restrictions for Indigenous peoples and scientific research: when the cure kills!. The Annual Meeting of the ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26 October 2023.

Native Title law restrictions for Indigenous peoples and scientific research: when the cure kills!

2023

Conference Publication

The Plant Treaty: rethinking the scope and role of the Multilateral System, Annex 1 and Standard Material Transfer Agreement

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2023). The Plant Treaty: rethinking the scope and role of the Multilateral System, Annex 1 and Standard Material Transfer Agreement. People, Plants, and the Law Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25 October 2023.

The Plant Treaty: rethinking the scope and role of the Multilateral System, Annex 1 and Standard Material Transfer Agreement

2023

Conference Publication

The challenges of accessing and researching indigenous plants: an empirical investigation within and beyond the remits of Australian Access and Benefit Sharing laws

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2023). The challenges of accessing and researching indigenous plants: an empirical investigation within and beyond the remits of Australian Access and Benefit Sharing laws. The Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28 September 2023.

The challenges of accessing and researching indigenous plants: an empirical investigation within and beyond the remits of Australian Access and Benefit Sharing laws

2022

Conference Publication

The control and freedom of seed banks

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2022). The control and freedom of seed banks. TROPAG International Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.

The control and freedom of seed banks

2022

Conference Publication

Landraces and Indigenous Plants: The Question of Legal Categories and Protection

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2022). Landraces and Indigenous Plants: The Question of Legal Categories and Protection . Sixth Scientific Meeting on Exploring the World of Crop Landraces, Greece, 1 June 2022. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Landraces and Indigenous Plants: The Question of Legal Categories and Protection

2022

Other Outputs

The Thessaloniki Declaration: We save landraces – we use landraces

Adhikari, Kamalesh, Azevedo, Vania, Bebeli, Penelope J., Chatzigeorgiou, Alexandra, Gálvez, Amanda, Guarino, Luigi, Kotey, Daniel Ashie, Paczka, Rafael Ortega, Ranieri, Roberto, Spyrou, Sofia, Thanopoulos, Ricos and Valamoti, Soultana Maria (2022). The Thessaloniki Declaration: We save landraces – we use landraces. Thessaloniki, Greece:

The Thessaloniki Declaration: We save landraces – we use landraces

2021

Journal Article

Intellectual property, traditional knowledge, and native biodiversity: convention and progression in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Jefferson, David James and Adhikari, Kamalesh (2021). Intellectual property, traditional knowledge, and native biodiversity: convention and progression in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Pandora's Box, 27 (2021) 7, 98-113.

Intellectual property, traditional knowledge, and native biodiversity: convention and progression in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

2021

Conference Publication

Nutritional quality and food functionality of Pleiogynium timoriense fruit

Chen, Gengning, Cozzolino, Daniel, Netzel, Michael E., Olarte Mantilla, Sandra, Adhikari, Kamalesh and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2021). Nutritional quality and food functionality of Pleiogynium timoriense fruit. Joint virtual Workshop between The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods (ARC ITTC UAF), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and The SARChI Research Programme in Phytochemical Food Network to Improve the Nutritional Quality for Consumers, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, Virtual, 24-25 August 2021.

Nutritional quality and food functionality of Pleiogynium timoriense fruit

2021

Journal Article

What should farmers’ rights look like? The possible substance of a right

Adhikari, Kamalesh, Bikundo, Edwin, Chacko, Xan, Chapman, Susannah, Humphries, Fran, Johnson, Hope, Keast, Evan, Lawson, Charles, Malbon, Justin, Robinson, Daniel, Rourke, Michelle, Sanderson, Jay and Tranter, Kieran (2021). What should farmers’ rights look like? The possible substance of a right. Agronomy, 11 (2) 367, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/agronomy11020367

What should farmers’ rights look like? The possible substance of a right

2020

Conference Publication

Questions and concerns about the protection of farmers' varieties

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). Questions and concerns about the protection of farmers' varieties. Farmers Rights and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Webinar II), Online, 14 September 2020. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The Plant Treaty Secretariat and the University of Aberdeen .

Questions and concerns about the protection of farmers' varieties

2020

Journal Article

Governance of intellectual property over plant varieties: Time has come for Asia to revisit its unique approach

Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). Governance of intellectual property over plant varieties: Time has come for Asia to revisit its unique approach. Trade Insight, 16 (1-2), 46-49.

Governance of intellectual property over plant varieties: Time has come for Asia to revisit its unique approach

2020

Other Outputs

Collecting Australian native plant materials from the Wild: Guidelines on key legal issues

Adhikari, Kamalesh, Sherman, Brad and Jefferson, David James (2020). Collecting Australian native plant materials from the Wild: Guidelines on key legal issues. The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods.

Collecting Australian native plant materials from the Wild: Guidelines on key legal issues

2020

Other Outputs

Collecting Australian native plant materials from intermediaries: Guidelines on key legal issues

Sherman, Brad, Adhikari,Kamalesh and Jefferson, David (2020). Collecting Australian native plant materials from intermediaries: Guidelines on key legal issues. The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods, The University of Queensland.

Collecting Australian native plant materials from intermediaries: Guidelines on key legal issues

2020

Book

Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia

Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson eds. (2020). Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520

Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia

2020

Book Chapter

Intellectual property law for plant varieties: challenges and developments in Asia

Adhikari, Kamalesh and Jefferson, David J. (2020). Intellectual property law for plant varieties: challenges and developments in Asia. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 1-11) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-1

Intellectual property law for plant varieties: challenges and developments in Asia

2020

Book Chapter

From neglect to protection: recognising the importance of farmers’ varieties in Sri Lanka

Perera, Asanka and Adhikari, Kamalesh (2020). From neglect to protection: recognising the importance of farmers’ varieties in Sri Lanka. Intellectual property law and plant protection: challenges and developments in Asia. (pp. 161-176) edited by Kamalesh Adhikari and David J. Jefferson. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429059520-9

From neglect to protection: recognising the importance of farmers’ varieties in Sri Lanka

Supervision

Availability

Dr Kamalesh Adhikari is:
Available for supervision

Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Consumer Value for Australian Native Foods

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Heather Smyth

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

For media enquiries about Dr Kamalesh Adhikari's areas of expertise, story ideas and help finding experts, contact our Media team:

communications@uq.edu.au