IPC Food SovereigntyNov 29

While at @planttreaty #GB11
Japan delegate tries to mainstream #UPOV in the resolution on #FarmersRights, Kenya's High Court declares @UPOVint illegal, precisely for restricting farmers rights to seeds. We call on govts to isolate 🇯🇵 and secure the space

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/kenyan-farmers-secure-right-share-local-seeds-court-ruling-2025-11-27/

IPC Food SovereigntyNov 29
3) The IPC calls on all contracting parties to the Treaty to refuse any compromise on expanding the scope of the MLS until patents on its #DigitalSequenceInformation #DSI will be forbidden by the #SMTA and revoked by national law. This red line shall not be crossed. #GB11
IPC Food SovereigntyNov 29
2) In a rush to conclude negotiations at #ItpgrfaGB11, the chair of the meeting fast-tracked the process, with massive lack transparency and making impossible for non English speakers to participate on equal footing. This is unacceptable. #GB11