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Ambiguity Related to IPR and Access to Technology in Bt Cotton Seed and Trait Case


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1 National Biodiversity Authority’s Expert Committee on Agrobiodiversity, Constituted under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and he lives at 144, Millennium Apartments, Sector 18, Block C, Rohini, New Delhi 110 089, India
 

The fixation of country-wide uniform seed price of Bt cotton, including the determination of trait value royalty by the Central Government in May 2016, could not resolve the differences within Indian seed industry. The complexity of underlying issues and apprehensions was large and less understood. The issuing authority withheld the control order and invited stakeholders' and public opinion within a period of 90 days. This note analyses a unique difficulty emerging in the Indian seed and agri-biotech sectors.
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Sudhir Kochhar
National Biodiversity Authority’s Expert Committee on Agrobiodiversity, Constituted under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and he lives at 144, Millennium Apartments, Sector 18, Block C, Rohini, New Delhi 110 089, India

Abstract


The fixation of country-wide uniform seed price of Bt cotton, including the determination of trait value royalty by the Central Government in May 2016, could not resolve the differences within Indian seed industry. The complexity of underlying issues and apprehensions was large and less understood. The issuing authority withheld the control order and invited stakeholders' and public opinion within a period of 90 days. This note analyses a unique difficulty emerging in the Indian seed and agri-biotech sectors.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi11%2F1745-1746