ABSTRACT

Since 1980, seed business law (patent law vis-à-vis agrobiotechnology, PVP law and seed laws) has been mainstreamed in the global South. Observers maintain that seed business law can lead to dispossession of farmers. I analyse legislation, statistics and case studies (Senegal, Burkina Faso), and argue that in African LDCs, dispossession primarily takes place through capturing seed markets via institutions for direct control over seed distribution. Domestic elites and (global) seed businesses preferably control germplasm via marketing boards, seed subsidies and other former colonial rural institutions. Seed business law, therefore, remains largely disused.

摘要

自 1980 年以来，种子商业法（涉及农业生物技术的专利法、PVP 法和种子法）已成为南半球国家的主流。观察家认为，种子商业法可能会导致农民被剥夺。我分析了立法、统计数据和案例研究（塞内加尔、布基纳法索），并认为在非洲最不发达国家，剥夺主要是通过直接控制种子分配的机构占领种子市场来实现的。国内精英和（全球）种子企业最好通过营销委员会、种子补贴和其他前殖民地农村机构来控制种质。因此，种子商业法在很大程度上仍然被废弃。