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The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: issues on protection of farmers' rights


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Murshamshul Kamariah Musa and Zuhairah Arif Abd Gadas and Mohd Shahril Nizam Md Radzi (2015) The plant variety protection law in Malaysia: issues on protection of farmers' rights. Journal of Management Research, 7 (2). pp. 375-386. ISSN 1941-899X

Abstract

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.

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Item Type: Non-Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: 2015
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Management Research
ISSN: 1941-899X
Uncontrolled Keywords: Farmers’ Rights, Plant varieties rights, Intellectual property law, FAO Treaty, Farmers
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8081
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