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World Intellectual Property Organisation Through this activity, WIPO aims to celebrate and make widely known the creativity of Indigenous and local community youth, as well as raise their awareness …
By FAO, ECA and AUC. 2021. Africa is not on track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2. After a long period of …
Benin registered ananas pain de sucre du Plateau d’Allada (sugarloaf pineapple from the Allada Plateau) at the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) as its first Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). …
HOMEF (Home of Mother Earth Foundation). Press Release. 23 August 2021 The Secretary General The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Genève 20, Switzerland …
On 25 May 2021, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signed its Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Bill into law. The Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on 17 December …
On 11 August 2021, Gower Salt Marsh Lamb became the first new food to be protected under the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit Geographical Indication (GI) Scheme that entered into effect on …
By Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Temple University. Book Description In the digital era, many African countries sit at the crossroads of a potential future that will be shaped by digital-era technologies …
By Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli. Book Description Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the agriculture and food sector in Africa, which is projected to exceed a trillion dollars by 2030. This book …
From the World Intellectual Property Organisation (22 April 2021). Small and Medium Enterprises – SMEs – are often run by someone you know – someone who lives down the …
The European Union (EU) – China bilateral agreement to protect geographical indications (GIs) in China and Europe entered into force on 1 March 2020. The agreement protects about 200 European …
