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denomination assigned to it by the breeder. The rights granted under this Act are heritable and assignable and only registration of a plant variety confers the right. Under this Act, Essentially Derived Varieties (EDV) can also be registered, and may be new or extant. Farmers are entitled to save, use, sow, re-sow, exchange or sell their farm produce including seed of a registered variety in an unbranded manner. Farmers' varieties are eligible for registration and farmers are totally exempted from payment of any fee in any proceedings under this Act. The period of protection for field crops is 15 years and for trees and vines is 18 years and for notified varieties it is 15 years from the date of notification under section 5 of Seeds Act, 1966. Annual fee has to be paid every year for maintaining the registration and renewal fee has to be paid for the extended period of registration. Farmers can claim for compensation if the registered variety fails to provide expected performance under given conditions. The rights granted under this Act are exclusive right to produce, sell, market, distribute, import and export the variety. Civil and criminal remedies are provided for enforcement of breeders' rights and provisions relating to benefit sharing and compulsory licence in case registered variety is not made available to the public at reasonable price are provided. Compensation is also provided for village or rural communities if any registered variety has been developed using any variety in whose evolution such village or local community has contributed significantly. The procedural details and modes of implementing this Act are provided in PPV&FR Rules, 2003.
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The PPV&FR Act, 2001 was enacted to grant intellectual property rights to plant breeders, researchers and farmers who develop any new or extant plant varieties. The intellectual property right granted under PPV & FR Act, 2001 is a dual right – one is for the variety and the other is for the
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to the farmers engaged in the conservation of genetic resources of landraces and wild relatives of economic plants and their improvement through selection and preservation and the material so selected and preserved has been used as donors of gene in varieties registerable under the PPV&FR Act,
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An Act to provide for the establishment of an effective system for protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders and to encourage the development of new varieties of plants.
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According to sec 2(c), "breeder" means a person or group of persons or a farmer or group of farmers or any institution which has "bred, evolved or developed any variety."
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of economic plants and their wild relatives particularly in areas identified as agro-biodiversity hotspots are awarded annually from Gene Fund. The name of the award is
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2001 (53 of 2001). Up )to 10 rewards and 20 recognitions (consisting of a citation, memento and cash prize) are conferred in a year.
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Plant Genome Saviour Community Award at Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, India
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and the amount is INR 10,00,000 for each community. A maximum of five awards are conferred in a year.
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that was enacted to provide for the establishment of an effective system for the protection of
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The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority also confers
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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The Gazette of India (Extraordinary) Part II--Section 3--Sub-section(i)
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International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
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International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
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of new varieties of plants. This act received the assent of the
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers' Welfare
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Plant Genome Savior "Farmer Reward" and "Farmer Recognition"
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According to sec 2(k), "farmers" means any person who –
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
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National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
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http://agricoop.nic.in/PPV&FR%20Act,%202001.pdf
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Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001
Parliament of India
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Act No. 53 of 2001
Parliament of India
Act
Parliament of India
plant varieties
rights of farmers and plant breeders
cultivation
President of India
crops
Genetic resources
Plant Genome Saviour Community Award
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Biological Diversity Act, 2002
http://agricoop.nic.in/PPV&FR%20Act,%202001.pdf
"General Notification 601"
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority

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