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Agricultural SMEs and Protection of New Varieties of Plants

Explore the crucial role of intellectual property in safeguarding new plant varieties in agricultural SMEs. Learn from Professor Michael Blakeney of Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute and the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research. Discover key elements like biological assets, enabling technologies, and IP management recommendations within the CGIAR system.

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Agricultural SMEs and Protection of New Varieties of Plants

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  1. Agricultural SMEs and Protection of New Varieties of Plants Professor Michael Blakeney Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute M.Blakeney@qmipri.org

  2. Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

  3. CG Centre Collections • CIAT –beans, cassava • CIMMYT –maize, wheat • CIP –potato and other Andean tubers • ICARDA –legumes, wheat • ICRISAT –pulses, groundnut • IITA –Bamberra groundnut, cassava, banana, cowpea • ILRI –forages • IRRI –rice • WAF (ICRAF) –trees • WARDA -rice

  4. CGIAR Biological Assets • Parent germplasm (individual plant varieties) • biological tools (eg selectable markers to determine transformation of plant cells) • advanced mapping populations, near isogenic lines, introgression lines, mutants, advanced lines from conventional breeding, Inbred lines for hybrids, Transgenic lines • enabling technologies • promoters that are used to control expression of the gene in plants • gene silencing or regulating technologies that can be used to suppress or modify gene expression in plants.

  5. Recommendations on IP Management in the CG System: • Identification of useful assets (IP audits) • Centre IP • Third party IP • Securing ownership of IP by agricultural institutes • Constitutional power to own IP • Contracts with employees • Contracts with visitors • Formulation of IP Policy • Establishment of IP Management Structure • IP audits

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