April 5, 2013
African regional plant variety protection draft legislation raises protest
April 3, 2013
Farmers reject Southern Africa Development Community's draft protocol for the protection of new varieties of plants (The Citizen)
January 1, 2013
International Seed Federation - Rules and usages for the trade in seeds for sowing purposes
December 10, 2012
Kenya sending the wrong message about GM foods
October 11, 2012
South African consumers win GM labelling victory (Digital Journal)
August 25, 2012
Uganda: Leaders and poor administration block biotech law (AllAfrica)
July 21, 2012
Egypt’s legal battle to regulate Monsanto’s GMOs (Egypt Independent)
June 1, 2012
African heads of state and governments agree to give biotechnology a try
May 9, 2012
Le Sénégal est le seul pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, engagé dans le processus d’adhésion aux systèmes des semences de l’OCDE (Agence de Presse Sénégalaise)
March 24, 2012
Gm Crops & Food - Special issue on biosafety regulation
December 5, 2011
Uganda - Time to enact intellectual property laws for agricultural development (Daily Monitor)
November 4, 2011
UPOV Plant Variety Protection Gazette and Newsletter
October 17, 2011
Tribunal bans merger of seed companies in South Africa - Ruling dashes Pannar Seed’s hopes of accessing state-of-the-art technology to fight its competitors (BusinessDay)
September 27, 2011
The state of the South African seed industry; Industry perspective of the Consumer Protection Act regulations on GMO’s; Agricultural biotechnology requirements into the future (ABC Agricultural Business Chamber)
September 24, 2011
Sénégal - Production de semences : Réflexion autour d’un circuit d’approvisionnement régulier (Le Soleil)
September 7, 2011
Uganda - Scientists join lobby for biotechnology law (All Africa)
August 8, 2011
Kenya lacks the capacity to conclusively test imported maize for foreign genes (Saturday Nation)
March 11, 2011
Position of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA) on farmers' rights, adopted on March 6, 2011 by the AFSTA General Assembly
August 10, 2007
Plant variety protection for Southern Africa: progress and pitfalls
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