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Impact of Intellectual Property Rights protection for plant varieties on rice varietal development and biodiversity in India

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Title Impact of Intellectual Property Rights protection for plant varieties on rice varietal development and biodiversity in India
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Creator Prasanna PAL, LVS Rao, ASH Prasad, A Waris, SN Meera, B Nirmala, AK Swarnaraj and DP Symaladevi
 
Subject Plant variety protection (PVP), intellectual property rights (IPR), farmers’ rights, initiatives, new plant breeding techniques, seed, access, Geographical Indications, IPR.
 
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection for crop varieties have
implications on both research and food security, as development
of new varieties depends on access to existing varieties/biological
material or access to their genetic information. In this situation,
India under its obligation under Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS), opted for a “sui generis” system and enacted
“Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act” (PPV&FRA) in
2001. Through some specific provisions in this act, a balance between
incentive to innovate (through limited period exclusive rights) and
access to protected varieties during protection period for furthering
innovations is attempted. India enacted another IPR act following suigeneris
system viz., Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration
and Protection) Act-1999 (GI act). Under this act some special types
of agricultural crops are protected. In this backdrop, this study
attempted to examine the status of IPR protection to rice varieties
and impact of the two types of IPRs viz., PPV&FRA and GI on varietal
development and biodiversity in the case of rice in India. The study
utilized secondary data from relevant IPR authorities and ICAR-Indian
Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR) database. It is observed that
(i) there is increase in rice varietal development following enactment
of PPV&FRA and GI acts in India; (ii) there is increase in private
sector participation in hybrid rice research following enactment of
PPV&FRA; and (iii) both PPV&FRA and GI acts individually and
also together are playing a key role in rice biodiversity management.
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Date 2024-06-11T14:13:44Z
2024-06-11T14:13:44Z
2021-04-21
 
Type Journal
 
Identifier Prasanna PAL, LVS Rao, ASH Prasad, A Waris, SN Meera, B Nirmala, AK Swarnaraj and DP Symaladevi. 2021. Impact of Intellectual property rights protection for plant varieties on rice varietal development and biodiversity in India. Journal of Cereal Research 13(1): 49-61. http:// doi.org/10.25174/2582-2675/2021/106446
2582-2675
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/83532
 
Language English
 
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Publisher The Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research