✊🏽Malaysian farmers and civil society march to the parliament today to challenge the country's plan to join #UPOV and amending the seed law which will further benefit seed industry monopoly

🌽UPOV is pushed through #Malaysia's trade deals with EFTA, UAE, US, EU and the CPTPP

A very accessible and well designed presentation of what UPOV is and why it threatens the lively good of farmers worldwide and reduces our choices.

UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) is an international legal framework that gives corporations monopoly rights over seeds—while restricting the rights of farmers to save, reuse, exchange, or sell them.

https://stopupov.org/#what-exactly-is-upov
#Upov #FoodSecurity #AgriCulture

#SeedSovereignty is under attack — but resistance is growing

#2Dec
✊🏽Global day of action against #UPOV
👉 https://StopUPOV.org | #StopUPOV

Let's continue to defend #SeedFreedom

Together, we can keep #seeds in the hands of peasants who feed the world

#UNDROP #RightToSeeds #Right2Seeds #FoodSovereigntyNOW

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/

🌽New data identifies trade deals that force countries to adopt rules on plant variety protection in line with the Geneva-based Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants #UPOV

🇦🇪 The United Arab Emirates is a new pusher of UPOV

https://www.bilaterals.org/?free-trade-agreements-pushing-upov

👩🏽‍🌾Malaysian small-scale #farmers worry about rights under proposed seed law changes

🌾Malaysia is preparing to join the #UPOV convention, a key criterion to enter the trans-Pacific free trade agreement #CPTPP

https://www.bilaterals.org/?malaysian-small-scale-farmers