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A solution to the controversy on plant variety protection in Africa

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African countries can establish a plant variety protection system that supports commercial seed systems without negatively affecting smallholder farmers.

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  1. Law and Governance Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    Bram De Jonge & Niels P Louwaars

  2. Plantum NL, Gouda, the Netherlands

    Niels P Louwaars

  3. Department of Private Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Julian Kinderlerer

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De Jonge, B., Louwaars, N. & Kinderlerer, J. A solution to the controversy on plant variety protection in Africa. Nat Biotechnol 33, 487–488 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3213

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