TY  - GEN
N2  - This paper reviews the most prominent changes that have taken place in the plant breeding industry in Sweden. We argue that the establishment of Intellectual Property Rights schemes creates power asymmetry in the seed value chain and has therefore been a major driver of consolidation in Sweden and internationally. Furthermore, we provide an assessment of the use of cultivars bred domestically. This has been achieved by identifying and classifying the variety owners for major crops based on the origin of the breeding station and calculating the percentage of the domestically-bred varieties used in crop production. The ratio of local varieties in relation to imported varieties is of special significance to Sweden, which has a long history of plant breeding and a challenging climate.
AB  - This paper reviews the most prominent changes that have taken place in the plant breeding industry in Sweden. We argue that the establishment of Intellectual Property Rights schemes creates power asymmetry in the seed value chain and has therefore been a major driver of consolidation in Sweden and internationally. Furthermore, we provide an assessment of the use of cultivars bred domestically. This has been achieved by identifying and classifying the variety owners for major crops based on the origin of the breeding station and calculating the percentage of the domestically-bred varieties used in crop production. The ratio of local varieties in relation to imported varieties is of special significance to Sweden, which has a long history of plant breeding and a challenging climate.
T1  - The Wizards of Svalöf :Intellectual property rights and consolidation in the plant  breeding industry
AU  - Morfi, Chrysa
LA  - eng
N1  - This resource was extracted from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
ID  - 41822
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - UPOV
KW  - Seed industry
KW  - Trade agreements
KW  - Value chain
SN  - 1795-1895
TI  - The Wizards of Svalöf :Intellectual property rights and consolidation in the plant  breeding industry
LK  - https://doaj.org/article/431a66141f6e41f9b46aeab13fe96669
UR  - https://doaj.org/article/431a66141f6e41f9b46aeab13fe96669
ER  -