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Climate-friendly Innovations for Plant Varieties in India

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Title Climate-friendly Innovations for Plant Varieties in India
 
Creator Tyagi, Vijay K
Kumari, Priya
 
Subject Plant Variety
Climate Change
Farmers’ Variety
Ecology
Agrobiodiversity
Food Security
 
Description 141-148
Innovation in agriculture and plant varieties is essential to serve the needs of the increasing population, maintain food
security, and adhere to the principles laid down in international conventions. However, innovation in all areas including
agriculture should be wary of its impact on the environment. Section 29 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers
Rights Act, 2001 stipulates that a plant variety causing serious harm to the environment is incapable of registration.
Nevertheless, the primary criteria for gaining registration is proof of the variety being distinct, uniform and novel. Farmers’
plant varieties lack uniformity, which paves the way for commercial breeders to gain registration. Undoubtedly, the varieties
developed by commercial breeders generate higher yields. However, the same does not conform to local ecological demands
and iseven less nutritious when compared to the varieties developed by the farmers. Thus, there are several consequences of
permitting commercial plant varieties to take over the farmers’ plant varieties. This paper is an attempt to highlight the need
for agricultural innovations to be ecologically friendly thereby, leading to a movement towards safe technology. It will also
advocate for an alteration in Section 29 of the Act to make it mandatory for registration of a new plant variety.
 
Date 2024-04-04T10:56:13Z
2024-04-04T10:56:13Z
2024-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/63690
https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v29i2.998
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source JIPR Vol.29(2) [March 2024]