The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights

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spelling 10750 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=10750 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection407072 Restricted Document Article Journal application/pdf 12 1.6 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 20 Paper Capture Plug-in asus Asus ASUS 2015-01-23 19:09:11 4871-01-FH02-FLAIR-15-02630.pdf UniSZA Private Access The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights Journal of Management Research The availability of a wide diversity of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture is necessary to ensure continuous food production and food security. However, the expansion of intellectual property protection into agricultural field has raised concerns as to its impact on farmers’ traditional agricultural practises and the recognition of farming communities’ efforts in development and conservation of plant varieties. This paper serves as an exploratory study on few issues relating to farmers in Malaysia, the Farmers’ Rights concept and plant variety rights in Malaysia. The paper provides a brief review on the current Malaysian plant variety law and suggests further in depth study to identify gaps in the current legislation in realising the four core components of the Farmers’ Rights concept. 7 2 375-386
spellingShingle The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
summary The availability of a wide diversity of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture is necessary to ensure continuous food production and food security. However, the expansion of intellectual property protection into agricultural field has raised concerns as to its impact on farmers’ traditional agricultural practises and the recognition of farming communities’ efforts in development and conservation of plant varieties. This paper serves as an exploratory study on few issues relating to farmers in Malaysia, the Farmers’ Rights concept and plant variety rights in Malaysia. The paper provides a brief review on the current Malaysian plant variety law and suggests further in depth study to identify gaps in the current legislation in realising the four core components of the Farmers’ Rights concept.
title The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
title_full The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
title_fullStr The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
title_full_unstemmed The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
title_short The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: Issues on protection of farmers’ rights
title_sort plant variety protection law in malaysia: issues on protection of farmers’ rights