How IP is shaping Agriculture If we want to look at how IP is shaping agriculture, we first need to understand what IP is, and what it stands for. Intellectual Property is a term that is used to describe the creation of something new, innovative or creative. IP is protected by law in the form...
Plant breeders have intellectual property rights for new plant varieties. Breeders of new plant varieties are granted plant breeders’ rights for protection against exploitation without their permission. If you breed a plant variety and would like to obtain financial reward for your...
Cannabis breeding involves the direct manipulation of cannabis species to create desired phenotypes, for example to increase or decrease cannabinoid or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels. Traditionally, cannabis breeders employed techniques of selective pollination followed by artificial selection...
Delivery of application forms and seed This serves to notify all clients of Lockdown Notification on Plant Breeders’ Rights during Level 4. Applications in terms of the Genetically Modified Act. Applications in terms of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act. Seed submitted for Evaluations in terms of the...
The Peppadew story started when Johan Steenkamp first discovered the sweet red pepper at his holiday home in the Eastern Cape in 1993. He saved seeds from the ripened fruit of the mother plant and cultivated them at his farm in Tzaneen, Limpopo. Steenkamp saw potential in the small pepper and came...
Plant Breeders’ Rights in South Africa are governed by the Plant Breeders Rights Act No. 15 of 1976 and entail protection of new plant varieties bred by conventional or genetically modified means that don’t fall within Patent protection. For a plant variety to qualify for Protection it must be...