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Agriculture: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact that a UPOV91 seed law may have small farmers in India.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 18 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 22 Oct 2024
Answer: 28 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact that a UPOV91 seed law may have small farmers in India.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
UPOV provides a global system of plant variety protection trusted by plant breeders with the aim of encouraging the development of new varieties of plants for the benefit of society. Whether or not a country signs up to UPOV91 is subject to their own poli...

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