الأصناف النباتية الجديدة بين تكنولوجيا تقييد الاستخدام الجيني و آليات الملكية الفكرية

Abstract EN

Since man started farming, he fertilized and selected more productive and adaptable plant varieties.

The plant species selected by such farmers are the basis on which the world relies for agriculture and food security today.

By virtue of traditional practices of preserving seeds and replanting them in the following seasons.

However, these traditional rights have brought a problem to the biomass industry companies, especially since the intellectual property rights to protect plant varieties are no longer sufficient to meet the ambition of those companies that seek to make huge sums through their innovations.

The spread of selling and replanting genetically-modified seeds has caused huge losses to plant breeders.

For that, Gene Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) has been devised to provide the seed by biological self-control, to prevent seed storage and to enhance intellectual property protection.

Such technologies have been internationally opposed for it has negative effects on traditional agricultural practices and biodiversity.