How the cuetlaxochitl, meaning “flower that grows in residues” in the Aztec language, became the Christmas Eve flower of modern times as well as a top-selling potted plant is a story replete with patents, a market monopoly and a leaked trade secret that finally undermined one American family’s control of the business in the 1990s after a nearly 100-year run.

#IP #UPOV #CBD

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/wildlife-and-biodiversity/cuetlaxochitl-the-story-of-america-s-christmas-eve-shrub-has-lessons-for-free-trade-patents-86757

En #AméricaLatina se hacen presentes, una vez más, la campaña #StopUPOV y la semana de acción mundial contra la Unión para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (#UPOV), convenio que amenaza en muchos países las #semillas y, con ello, la #agricultura #campesina e #indígena que alimenta al mundo.

➡️ https://youtu.be/8zubwFWmP4o

En #AméricaLatina se hacen presentes, una vez más, la campaña #StopUPOV y la semana de acción mundial contra la Unión para la Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (#UPOV), convenio que amenaza en muchos países las #semillas y, con ello, la #agricultura #campesina e #indígena que alimenta al mundo.

➡️ https://youtu.be/8zubwFWmP4o

À qui profite l’#UPOV ?

Avec l'expansion de l'UPOV (Union pour la protection des obtentions végétales, une sorte de brevet pour les #plantes), le marché mondial des #semences a été pris d'assaut par un cartel de sociétés #agrochimiques. Quatre d'entre elles seulement contrôlent la moitié du marché des semences, qui représente 47 Mrd $. #StopUPOV

➡️ https://grain.org/e/6922

À qui profite l’#UPOV ?

Avec l'expansion de l'UPOV (Union pour la protection des obtentions végétales, une sorte de brevet pour les #plantes), le marché mondial des #semences a été pris d'assaut par un cartel de sociétés #agrochimiques. Quatre d'entre elles seulement contrôlent la moitié du marché des semences, qui représente 47 Mrd $. #StopUPOV

➡️ https://grain.org/e/6922

Who profits under #UPOV?

As UPOV has expanded, the global #seed market has been taken over by a cartel of #agrochemical companies. Today, just four of these companies control half of the US$47 billion seed market.

➡️ https://grain.org/e/6921

#StopUPOV #DefendFarmersSeeds #seeds #biodiversity #pesticides #agribusiness #food #agriculture #Bayer #Syngenta #Corteva #BASF #seedlaws #patenting

Who profits under #UPOV?

As UPOV has expanded, the global #seed market has been taken over by a cartel of #agrochemical companies. Today, just four of these companies control half of the US$47 billion seed market.

➡️ https://grain.org/e/6921

#StopUPOV #DefendFarmersSeeds #seeds #biodiversity #pesticides #agribusiness #food #agriculture #Bayer #Syngenta #Corteva #BASF #seedlaws #patenting

RT @GRAIN_org@twitter.com

Who profits under #UPOV?
As UPOV has expanded, the global seed market has been taken over by a cartel of agrochemical companies. Today, just four of these companies control half of the US$47 billion seed market. https://grain.org/e/6921 #STOPUPOV #DefendFarmersSeeds

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GRAIN_org/status/1597276505725247488

#CPVO President, Francesco Mattina, will be speaking at the #UPOV Seminar on 12 October on the role of #PlantBreeding & #PlantVarietyProtection in enabling agriculture to mitigate & adapt to #ClimateChange🌱🌎

Join us at: https://www.upov.int/registration/en/form.jsp?registration_id=466
Agenda: https://www.upov.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=71391

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CPVOTweets/status/1579373667347070976

RT @UPOVint: Congratulations to the #EuropeanUnion – celebrating 17 years as a #UPOV Member today.
http://ow.ly/I3Mu50K5PAT

@CPVOTweets @EU_Commission

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CPVOTweets/status/1552913918359736329

RT @EUIPcooperation: Today #CarIPI is on site at OREVADO @AgriculturaRD 🇩🇴organising along with #CPVO and #UPOV a seminar on regional cooperation in #PlantVarietyRights 🌱
Thanks to all the participants from the #CARIFOURUM region attending this event!

More info:
https://internationalipcooperation.eu/en/caripi/activities/regional-cooperation-plant-variety-rights-study-visit

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CPVOTweets/status/1527283206348689409

Seeds: Call for global week of action against UPOV https://viacampesina.org/en/seeds-call-for-global-week-of-action-against-upov/ #AgroecologyandPeasants'Seeds #UPOV