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East-West Seed joins International Licensing Platform for plant breeding innovations


July 3, 2015

From L-R: ILP managing director Chris van Winden, ILP chairman of the board Ben Tax, and East-West Seed vice chairman of the supervisory board Ard Groot sign the admission documents to the International Licensing Platform

Asia-based tropical vegetable seed company East-West Seed is the latest company to join the International Licensing Platform Vegetable (ILP) for plant breeding innovations, a business association that aims to improve global access to and use of plant breeding traits for vegetables.
 
East-West Seed vice chairman of the supervisory board Ard Groot and ILP chairman of the board Ben Tax signed the admission documents this week in the Netherlands in the presence of Chris van Winden, managing director ILP Vegetable. East-West Seed is the 12th vegetable breeding company to join the platform.
 
The ILP was launched in 2014 following increasing discussions about patents on plant breeding traits. It aims to guarantee access to patents covering biological material for vegetable breeding and to safeguard that incentives to innovate, which depend on the availability of patent protection, remain intact.
 
“The debates regarding patents are very relevant for us and for the farmers that we serve. We embrace partnerships that benefit our industry and the availability of vegetable varieties. We think that it is of great importance to ensure access to plant breeding traits to facilitate further innovation and development. This way, we believe we can benefit the global food system and food security,” said Ard Groot.
 
Chris van Winden said, “We are happy to welcome East-West Seed as a new member to ILP. They will make all of their patents related to vegetable plant traits accessible to their fellow members under ILP conditions. Although East-West Seed has no registered patents yet, I believe that it is good for future developments to include a variety of seed breeders in our platform.” 

About East-West Seed

Family-owned East-West Seed has played an important role in the development and improvement of tropical vegetable varieties in Southeast Asia and beyond. Since it's foundation in 1982, its main focus has been on improving the income of smallholder farmers in the tropics through high-quality seeds. East-West Seed develops vegetable varieties that are adapted to tropical growing conditions and generate increased yield and productivity for farmers. In addition, the company educates farmers and helps them to maximize their yield and income through better knowledge on vegetable production.
 
East-West Seed is one of the 10 largest vegetable seed companies in the world. It has gained market leadership in the most important Southeast Asian countries and is expanding rapidly into India, Myanmar, Vietnam, parts of Africa and South America. The company exports to over 60 countries in tropical areas. 
 
East-West Seed is based in Thailand, employs over 4.000 people and has R&D establishments in 7 countries. The company serves over 18 million farmers around the world. www.eastwestseed.com

About the ILP

The International Licensing Platform Vegetable has as a main objective to guarantee worldwide access to patents that cover biological material for vegetable breeding.

Eleven breeding companies were the founding fathers of the ILP Vegetable. The association is open for all other interested parties to join. See website www.ilp-vegetable.org



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Website: https://www.eastwestseed.com/

Published: July 3, 2015

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