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January Carving a pathway to a green future is a modern-day imperative. We all share in this challenge and each have a role to play in building a green …
Nigeria’s National Council on Nutrition chaired by Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo approved the National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition 2021-2025 (NMPFAN) on Tuesday, 15 December 2020. …
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029 (Outlook) provides market projections for national, regional and global demand and supply of major agricultural commodities, biofuel and fish. The Outlook, jointly prepared by the …
The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (Geneva Act), adopted on 20 May 2015, officially entered into force today. The Geneva Act introduces international …
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has opened an external office in Nigeria. The WIPO Nigeria Office opened in January 2020 is WIPO’s second external office in Africa. The …
Titilayo Adebola *Originally published by IPKat on 09 December 2019 On 15 November 2019, a Federal Court in Melbourne, Australia, granted a series of permanent injunctions restraining Rex D’Aquino …
The European Union (EU) deposited its instrument of ratification to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration 1958 …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equator Initiative and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat have established an Online Discussion Forum on Integration of Article 8(j) of the …
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) concluded its 37th Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) on 31 August 2018. The week-long IGC 37, …
Photo credit: CBD and ITPGRFA secretariats. On 9 July 2018, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Dr. Kent Nnadozie, Secretary of the …
