Replica (seed)
Replica is a form of seed production by farmers on their own farm: The seeds produced in this way are called "replicas", and varieties suitable for replicas are called " seed-proof ".
According to § 10a of the Federal German Plant Variety Protection Act , replica is "harvested material that a farmer has obtained by cultivating propagation material (...) on his own farm and used there as propagation material". The reproduction of seeds protected by variety law is permitted (“ farmer's privilege”) if the farmer pays a “reproduction fee” to the owner of the variety right and fulfills certain information obligations towards him. Small farmers are exempt from the obligation to produce replicas.
Restrictions on replica
The topic of "replicating seeds" has been the subject of controversial discussion for years: Organizations that represent the interests of non- industrial agriculture , such as the ABL , regularly speak out against the right of farmers to "freely replicate" what they have already used Restrict varieties. Should there be a large-scale release of genetically modified varieties of crops such as oilseed rape or winter crops come, will, as well as representatives of the legendary German Farmers' Association , a private replica of patent law reasons no longer be possible, thus lead to considerable additional burdens on businesses would.
Reproduction is made more difficult not only by the protection of varieties and patents by fees, but also by genetic mechanisms in plant breeding by the large seed companies : " Hybrid varieties " that are created by crossing inbred lines are not seed-proof, the same hybrid variety can only be obtained by crossing the Inbred lines are generated.
In order to circumvent plant variety protection and patent rights, “free” varieties can be used: Plant seeds and the plants growing from them are referred to as “free varieties” or “free seeds”, which are unconditionally released for any use by everyone in accordance with the efforts of various initiatives are.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ gesetze-im-internet.de: § 10a Restriction of the Effect of Plant Variety Protection , accessed on November 23, 2011
- ↑ topagrar.com: AbL wants to defend the right to reproduce seeds , November 4, 2011, accessed on November 23, 2011
- ↑ Kurt-Henning Klamroth (2009) Conflict from the perspective of a farmer's representative . In: Jörg Göpfert, Thorsten Moos (Ed.): Fields of conflict plowing . Lit.-Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 247-252
- ↑ The fight for seeds . Eco test . June 1, 2013 .: “Plant variety law, traffic law, patent law - anyone who wants to breed seeds nowadays needs a lawyer. A problem for small growers. Another strategic advantage for international chemical and seed companies that they use consistently. The goal: control from the field to the plate. "
- ↑ osseeds.org: Open Source Seed Initiative (dt. Open Source -Saatgutinitiative ), Accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ agrecol.de Retrieved on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Freie-saaten.org: Freie-Saaten.Org. e. V. ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ kokopelli-semences.fr
