South Africa - 2011 - Agriculture and Rural Development

Plant Breeders' Rights Policy

Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forestry,Ministry of Fisheries, South Africa

Chapter one of this document introduces plant variety protection systems and emphasizes that it is important to ensure that South Africa participates and engages in the relevant fora coherently. Chapter two defines important terms acronyms and abbreviations. Chapter three outlines some of the problems associated with Plant Breeders’ Rights. It includes farmers’ rights, intellectual property and sustainable use of biodiversity, exploitation and biopiracy of indigenous resources etc. Chapter four outlines the objectives of the Plant Breeders’ Rights policy to provide an internationally recognized system for plant variety protection; stimulate economic growth by ensuring the availability of plant varieties for South African agriculture and contribute towards the sustainable use and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.

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January 2022

Chapter one of this document introduces plant variety protection systems and emphasizes that it is important to ensure that South Africa participates and engages in the relevant fora coherently. Chapter two defines important terms acronyms and abbreviations. Chapter three outlines some of the problems associated with Plant Breeders’ Rights. It includes farmers’ rights, intellectual property and sustainable use of biodiversity, exploitation and biopiracy of indigenous resources etc. Chapter four outlines the objectives of the Plant Breeders’ Rights policy to provide an internationally recognized system for plant variety protection; stimulate economic growth by ensuring the availability of plant varieties for South African agriculture and contribute towards the sustainable use and conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.

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