@article{20571, note = {organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants in cooperation with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI); Table of Contents : Welcome address by Mr. Nathaniel K. Arap Tum, Chairman of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and Managing Director of the Kenya Seed Company Limited; Introductory remarks by Mr. Barry Greengrass, Vice Secretary- General of UPOV, Geneva; Opening address by The Honorable S. Amos Wako, EBS, MP, Attorney General, Nairobi, Kenya; 1. Introduction to and general information on plant variety protection: GREENGRASS, Barry. The protection of new plant varieties under the UPOV Convention; GEADELMANN, Jon. Plant variety protection : a breeder's viewpoint; 2. Application, examination and grant of protection : HARVEY, John. The administration by Government of a law conforming with the UPOV Convention, for the protection of new plant varieties; GHIJSEN, Huib C. H. The technical criteria for the grant of protection and their practical application; 3. Plant breeders' rights : some practical questions : KLEY, Gisbert. How are plant breeders' rights exercised by plant breeders? DAVIS, Jeremy. Public and private plant breeding and plant breeders' rights; 4. Africa : ARAP TUM, Nathaniel K., GRAY, R.R., MTINDI, Kusum. The seed industry in Africa and plant breeders' rights; Closing address : Mr. Barry Greengrass and Mr. Nathaniel K. Arap Tum;.}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/20571}, title = {Seminar on the Nature of and Rationale for the Protection of Plant Varieties under the UPOV Convention :}, recid = {20571}, pages = {98 pages :}, }