Tanzania: Seed Protocol Harmful to Farmers - CSOs

CIVIL society organisations warned the government against adopting the African Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) protocol that is set for the ministerial signing today.

ARIPO members are meeting in Arusha to agree on intellectual seed protocol that will have powers to regulate seed breeders and suppress farmers' rights to save, share and exchange farm saved seeds.

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