UPOV requirements for PVP
UPOV requirements for PVP. New Distinct Uniform Stable 20 yrs minimum protection 72,000 varieties currently protected. UPOV’s exceptions to breeders’ rights. Acts done privately and for non-commercial purposes (Farmers’ privilege) Experimental pursoses (breeders’ exemption).
UPOV requirements for PVP
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UPOV requirements for PVP • New • Distinct • Uniform • Stable 20 yrs minimum protection 72,000 varieties currently protected
UPOV’s exceptions to breeders’ rights • Acts done privately and for non-commercial purposes (Farmers’ privilege) • Experimental pursoses (breeders’ exemption)
Benefits of PVP (acc. to UPOV) • Economic: varieties with improved yield leading to reductions in the price of end-products for consumers, or improved quality, leading to higher value products with increased marketability; • Health: varieties with improved nutritional content; • Environmental: varieties with improved disease resistance or stress tolerance; • Pure pleasure: for example with ornamental plants.
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Dutfield’s critiques • Non-adapted for many LDCs • Focus on a few big crops • Less seed saving • Need to use fertilizers and pesticides • Monoculture/ loss of plant genetic deiversity • Concentration of ownership • Conflict with CBD’s ABS principles
