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November 6, 2023


Breeders welcome the adoption of the new Explanatory Notes on Essentially Derived Varieties by the UPOV Council 


December 12, 2022


Nigeria - Seed legislation will enhance sector’s development, says the Director General, National Agricultural Seed Council (Blueprint)


October 5, 2022


South Africa - New plant improvement act and plant breeders’ rights regulations look forward to an age of industrial hemp (Engineering News)


September 22, 2022


We will not achieve food security without reaching consensus on Farmers’ Rights and Breeders’ Rights” - Speech by Arthur Santosh Attavar, ISF Vice President, at the Opening Ceremony of the ninth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 


August 15, 2022


Exploring benefits of Plant Variety Protection system in Nigeria (Blueprint)


November 15, 2021


Celebrating advent of plants varieties protection law in Nigeria (Vanguard News)


October 25, 2021


Nigeria - The Plants Varieties Protection Act 2021 (Guardian)


October 20, 2021


Nigeria’s plant variety protection: in line with international intellectual property norms (Managing IP)


October 14, 2021


New APBREBES study “Searching for flexibility - Why parties to the 1978 Act of the UPOV Convention have not acceded to the 1991 Act” explores the debates around plant variety protection in nine countries that are parties to UPOV 78


October 5, 2021


Searching for flexibility - Why parties to the 1978 Act of the UPOV Convention have not acceded to the 1991 Act


October 4, 2021


Counterfeit seed keeps Ugandan farmers poor (Daily Monitor)


June 2, 2021


National Agricultural Seeds Advocacy Group: 'Plant Variety bill will boost R&D in the agricultural sector' (AllAfrica)


May 24, 2021


International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture releases inventory on farmers' rights - Unique collection of best practices from around the world


Nigeria - Why the Plant Variety Protection law is important (The Nation)


Nigeria - Plant Variety Protection Law is critical to food security, says the National Agricultural Seed Council (Vanguard)


April 26, 2021


Three ways in which protecting intellectual property can inspire innovation


The importance of initellectual property in plant science


March 16, 2021


Nigeria to generate $2bn in five years through Plant Variety Protection Law (Nigerian Tribune)


March 15, 2021


Nigerian Economic Summit Group calls for speedy passage of Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Bill into law (Guardian)


December 17, 2020


New APBREBES publication - Focus on plant variety protection: A compilation of selected literature on the impact of the UPOV Convention, alternative sui generis PVP laws and the effect on farmers’ rights
Gros plan sur la protection des obtentions végétales :Une compilation de publications sélectionnées surles impacts de la convention UPOV, les lois alternativessui generis de protection des obtentionsvégétales et l’effet sur les droits des agriculteurs
La protección de las variedades vegetales en el punto de mira:Compilación de literatura seleccionada sobre las repercusiones del convenio de la UPOV, las leyes alternativas sui generis de protección de las variedades vegetales y el efecto en los derechos del agricultor


November 30, 2020


Globalisation and Seed Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa


November 25, 2020


Ghana - Civil society organisations urge President not to assent to the Plant Variety Protection Bill (Graphic Online)


November 18, 2020


Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES) report from the 2020 UPOV Session


October 16, 2020


CIOPORA video release: Understand essentially derived variety concept in 90 seconds


July 30, 2020


Ghana - The obnoxious Plant Breeders' Bill is back to Parliament (Modern Ghana)


June 3, 2020


How does the European Patent Office's opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) on patentability of plants and animals affect South Africa (International Law Office)


March 2, 2020


Ghana - Registrar Generals, Ministry of Food and Agriculture sensitise stakeholders on Plant Breeders Bill (GhanaWeb)


December 19, 2019


Farmers‘ Rights vs. Breeders‘ Rights during the negotiations at the 8th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)


November 25, 2019


Fiddling in Rome? Reflections on the International Seed Treaty (Food Ethics Council)


July 25, 2019


Protection des obtentions végétales par le Bénin : Positions tranchées entre organisations paysannes et gouvernement (Matin Libre)


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