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131) Seed law in Argentina: vicissitudes of a reform that (still) was not
There have been various attempts to modify the Seed Law in Argentina since 2003. The intention is to provide greater certainty to the companies by cutting the rights of rural producers. A new impulse, with the same orientation, occurred in 2012. Although not all the actors involved have participated...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2017
132) The Italian landrace conservation strategy
In Italy, as in most of the countries of Europe, a rapid decline of agro-biodiversity is taking place, the decline is due mainly to a series of economic and institutional factors. In addition, traditional crop varieties, generally known as ‘landraces’ (LR) were rapidly and widely substituted by modern...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
133) Access and benefit sharing, farmers’ rights and plant breeders’ rights: reflections on the African Model Law
This article discusses the protection of new plant varieties in Africa and the African Model Law through the lens of its key protagonist, Professor Johnson Ekpere. It urges African countries to consult the African Model Law as a guide when designing plant variety protection systems. It is hoped that...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
134) Law No. 28216: Law on the Protection of Access to Peruvian Biological Diversity and the Collective Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples
The purpose of the present Law is to provide protection for access to Peruvian biological diversity and to the collective knowledge of indigenous peoples. Also available in Spanish
Category: Legislation and policies, Directives
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2004
135) Webinar: The FAO Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
This webinar, co-organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, introduced the Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture approved by the FAO Council in December of last year. The webinar provided...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022