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In January 2022, the National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds Registration and Release Committee (NVRC) released 49 high-yielding crop varieties of 11 crops submitted for registration and release by …
In partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and Riby, Nourishing Africa is launching the Youth in Agri-Food Export Development Program (YAEDP), a six-month program designed to develop the …
Every April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organisation celebrates World Intellectual Property Day to promote the role that intellectual property (IPRs) play in encouraging creativity and innovation. This year, …
By FAO. 10 January 2022. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Finland signed an agreement on 10 January 2022 to build the capacity of …
World Intellectual Property Organisation Through this activity, WIPO aims to celebrate and make widely known the creativity of Indigenous and local community youth, as well as raise their awareness …
By FAO, ECA and AUC. 2021. Africa is not on track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2. After a long period of …
Benin registered ananas pain de sucre du Plateau d’Allada (sugarloaf pineapple from the Allada Plateau) at the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) as its first Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). …
HOMEF (Home of Mother Earth Foundation). Press Release. 23 August 2021 The Secretary General The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Genève 20, Switzerland …
On 21 May 2021, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signed its Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Bill into law. The Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on 17 December …
On 11 August 2021, Gower Salt Marsh Lamb became the first new food to be protected under the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit Geographical Indication (GI) Scheme that entered into effect on …
