[SustainableTompkins] Building Food Sustainability in Morocco

[Tony Del Plato]

The following is about food sustainability in Morocco.
Tony Del Plato


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TITLE: Morocco accedes to the UPOV Convention
AUTHOR: UPOV
PUBLICATION: News release
DATE: 12 September 2006
URL: http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2006/september/16865.htm
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MOROCCO ACCEDES TO THE UPOV CONVENTION

Geneva, Switzerland

September 12, 2006

Today Morocco became the sixty-second member of the International Union
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

The purpose of the UPOV Convention is to encourage the development of
new varieties of plants by granting breeders an intellectual property
right on the basis of a set of clearly defined principles.  To be
eligible for protection, varieties need to satisfy certain conditions,
such as being distinct from existing, commonly known varieties and
sufficiently uniform and stable.  New varieties of plants are one of the
most powerful tools to enhance food production in a sustainable way, to
increase income in the agricultural sector and to contribute to overall
development.

The Secretary-General of UPOV, Dr. Kamil Idris, welcomed the deposit of
the instrument of accession of Morocco to the UPOV Convention (1991 Act)
and expressed his satisfaction that UPOV has now reached 62 members.

The members of UPOV are:

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium,
Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, European Community, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco (as of
October 8, 2006), Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama,
Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.

UPOV is an intergovernmental organization which is based in Geneva,
Switzerland.

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GOING FURTHER (compiled by GRAIN)

"Le Maroc dépose une demande d'adhésion à la Convention Internationale
pour la protection des Obtentions Végétales", MAP, 11 septembre 2006.
http://www.avmaroc.com/actualite/maroc-depose-a43743.html

UPOV website
http://www.upov.int/

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