2019
DOI: 10.3390/su11123378
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The Effects of Plant Breeders’ Rights on Wheat Productivity and Varietal Improvement in South African Agriculture

Abstract: The strengthening of the intellectual property rights (IPRs) for plant varieties provide incentives for breeding companies to invest more resources in plant breeding. The main objective of this paper was to analyze the effects of strengthening the wheat variety intellectual protection on wheat productivity and the release of new varieties. The strength of IPR systems was measured using an intellectual property (IP) protection index, and plant breeders’ rights (PBRs) granted for wheat varieties. The empirical a… Show more

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“…Empirical research by C.R. Nhemachena et al (2019) confirms that strengthening intellectual property rights for plant varieties creates incentives for plant breeding companies to invest more resources in plant breeding. M. Campi (2017) believes that strengthening plant intellectual property rights will lead to an increase in the production of improved crop varieties and technologies, which will positively contribute to agricultural productivity and economic growth.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Empirical research by C.R. Nhemachena et al (2019) confirms that strengthening intellectual property rights for plant varieties creates incentives for plant breeding companies to invest more resources in plant breeding. M. Campi (2017) believes that strengthening plant intellectual property rights will lead to an increase in the production of improved crop varieties and technologies, which will positively contribute to agricultural productivity and economic growth.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Empirical research by C.R. Nhemachena et al (2019) confirms that strengthening intellectual property rights for plant varieties creates incentives for plant breeding companies to invest more resources in plant breeding. M. Campi (2017) believes that strengthening plant intellectual property rights will lead to an increase in the production of improved crop varieties and technologies, which will positively contribute to agricultural productivity and economic growth.…”
Section: Figure 1 Seed Production Of Ukrainian Grain Breeding In 2020...mentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Further, GERD_GEN (8.9% frequency) and OPEN_INV (7.0% frequency) have a significant impact on engaging in innovation undertakings, as they trigger or restrain investing in innovation activities [38,131,134,160]. However, the study of IP_PROTEC's impact on stimulating the innovation capability in a country has received lesser attention (5.0% frequency) as a direct object of research, regardless of its importance in providing the proper environment for developing and enhancing innovation capability [36,95,126,161].…”
Section: Characterization Of Selected Publicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%