Plant Patent Systems for Equity and Sustainability
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https://doi.org/10.69971/tipr.3.1.2025.41Keywords:
Inclusive Patent System, Plant Intellectual Property, Equity, Sustainability, Genetic Resources, Small Scale BreedersAbstract
One domain of innovation in agriculture is patents for uniquely produced plants by plant breeding tools. Sometimes the researchers don’t go for patents, missing the opportunity of earning profit from their novel innovative research. A pressing issue for the small-scale breeders is the financial and legal challenges during the patenting process. Hence, small breeders cannot compete in the international global seed markets while big giants are grabbing the capital and make trends with their own will and for their own benefits. Buyers should purchase from the original researchers and the researchers must be acknowledged by the international community to provide rights to the original researchers. The availability of better plant breeds will promote sustainable agriculture, secure biodiversity and improve the health and wellbeing of the people.
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