However, further patents on seeds can still be granted.. 19 March 2021 / The Technical Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed the revocation of a patent on melons held by Monsanto (EP1962578). In the patent, Monsanto claims melons with a...
Most seed laws that are trying to be imposed in the world are based on a convention called UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants). Most people or organisations don’t know about UPOV, and its contents and implications for our seeds are...
the latest issue of APREBES (Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society) was released #40, 11 May 2020 Here more information https://www.apbrebes.org/ APBREBES
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Over the past three years, peasant seeds and the products derived from them (veggies, flour, bread …) have been more and more attractive for agribusiness actors as an interesting niche market. In France, we choose to use the concept of « commons » not...
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Ten years of UPOV implementation in francophone Africa Ten years of UPOV implementation in francophone Africa Click here
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