July 25, 2019

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

May 9, 2019

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New Publication: A Dysfunctional Plant Variety Protection System: Ten Years of UPOV Implementation in Francophone Africa, Working Paper
Faillite de la protection intellectuelle des obtentions végétales : 10 années d’UPOV en Afrique francophone, Document de travail

March 21, 2019

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Biopiracy: The misuse of patenting systems at the disadvantage of local communities

March 10, 2019

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Afrique : Les semences de contrefaçon constituent une menace pour la sécurité alimentaire (Agence Afrique)

March 8, 2019

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Les semences de contrefaçon aggravent l'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique : responsable (Centre d'Informations Internet de Chine)

February 17, 2019

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Bénin : arguments contre arguments sur l'adhésion à l'UPOV, ''privatisation des semences'' (Banouto)

February 12, 2019

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Bénin - Ratification de la Convention pour la protection des obtentions végétales (Upov) : Ce que craignent les organisations paysannes (Matin Libre)

December 20, 2018

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Open source for seeds and genetic sequence data: practical experience and future strategies
Semences et séquences génétiques en open source ? Expériences récentes et stratégies futures

November 16, 2018

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Ghana urged to pass law to encourage improved seed breeding

October 22, 2018

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Stop stealing protected varieties

February 19, 2018

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DowDuPont leads Global CRISPR patent landscape; Broad Institute owns critical eukaryotic gene editing patents - North America & Asia emerge as growing markets for CRISPR Cas9 research & human trials

November 24, 2017

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Breeders group CIOPORA calls for new plant varieties to be patentable (Intellectual Property Watch)

November 21, 2017

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CIOPORA publishes Position on Patents for Plant-Related Inventions - Association’s breeders vote in favor of patents for plant innovations

June 20, 2017

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Ghana - Parliament urged to speed up passage of the National Plant Breeder Protection Bill (AllAfrica)

June 18, 2017

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Ghana - Plant breeding is key to improving crop production (Ghana News Agency)

May 4, 2017

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Opinion by International Licensing Platform Vegetable managing director Chris van Winden: Guaranteed access to biological material crucial for feeding the world (Fresh Fruit Portal)

March 28, 2017

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University of Leeds professor Graham Dutfield charts a path to reconciling IP rights, farmers' rights (Intellectual Property Watch)

January 11, 2017

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Generating value in the soybean chain through royalty collection: an international
study (Bio-Science Law Review)

December 21, 2016

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From US to India, producers are developing 'open source' seeds to combat patents (Scroll)

September 19, 2016

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The ‘International Licensing Platform-Vegetables’: A prototype of a patent clearing house in the life science industry (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice)

June 20, 2016

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Zambia - Reusing or exchanging seed is illegal, say agroecologists (Zambia Daily Mail)

May 29, 2016

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Pass Plant Breeders Bill to combat poverty in Ghana, says West Africa Center for Crop Improvement of the University of Ghana (Myjoyonline.com)

May 23, 2016

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New EuropaBio factsheet highlights the importance of intellectual property protection for innovation in agriculture

May 4, 2016

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Ghana - Halt passage of the Plant Breeder Bill : Peasant farmers urge government (Graphic Online)

April 28, 2016

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WORLD IP DAY 2016, ensuring that innovators can keep innovating

April 27, 2016

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Drawn out battle over genetic resources dampens Africa’s hopes (The Conversation) 

April 26, 2016

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Plant breeders are creators

April 20, 2016

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Freeing crop genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative (PLOS)

February 17, 2016

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World Intellectual Property Organization members debate disclosure of origin for genetic resources in patents (Intellectual Property Watch)

January 6, 2016

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Does the current plant patent system restrict innovation and hurt small breeders? (Genetic Literacy Project)