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121) Farmers, Seeds & the Laws: Importing the Chilling Effect Doctrine
As an increasing number of countries are formulating Plant Variety Protection (PVP) laws, a growing number of farmers are affected by plant breeders’ rights. In addition, the seed certification law also affects farmers’ relations with seeds. Discussing the farmers’ interaction with the PVP law...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022
122) The UPOV accession process - Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members
The study "The UPOV accession process: Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members", published today by the South Centre and APBREBES, analyses the accession process for countries that want to become members of UPOV and provides both surprising and worrying results.
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
123) Transforming food and agriculture to achieve the SDGs – 20 interconnected actions to guide decision-makers
The path to prosperity is clearly marked by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It requires transformative action, embracing the principles of sustainability and tackling the root causes of poverty and hunger to leave no one behind. As the prime connection between people and the planet, sustainable...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
124) Getting incentives right? Support mechanisms for effective conservation and use of landraces in Europe and public willingness-to-pay
Policy Brief N°59 - Agricultural biodiversity (or agrobiodiversity) is associated with a range of important but poorly quantified public good ecosystem services, the conservation of which requires public support.This policy brief reports the results of a survey— conducted as part of the EU Horizon...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
125) Farmers' Rights and Digital Sequence Information: Crisis or Opportunity to Reclaim Stewardship Over Agrobiodiversity?
This paper explores the relationship between farmers' rights, as recognized in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and the dematerialization of genetic resources. The concepts of "stewardship" and "ownership" are used to emphasize the need to move away from viewing...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa; Asia; Europe; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean; Near East; North America; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2021