Sibelle de Andrade Silva Casablanca – Morocco – 15 th November 2017 Innovation and Intellectual Property as Engines for Competitive Agribusiness: Empowering Women Researchers and Entrepreneurs in Africa Promoting new Plant Variety for enhanced agricultural productivity and food security
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Sibelle de Andrade SilvaCasablanca – Morocco – 15th November 2017
Innovation and Intellectual Property as Engines for
Embrapa and partner institutions are responsible for the
conservation of approximately 300,000 accessions in
Germplasm Banks of distinct plant species distributed
throughout Brazil
Lopes, Mauricio & Faleiro, Fábio & Elias Ferreira, Márcio & Lopes, Daniela & Vivian, Rafael & Silva Boiteux, Leonardo. (2012). Embrapa's contribution to the development of new plant varieties and
their impact on Brazilian agriculture. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology. 12. 31-46. 10.1590/S1984-70332012000500005.
Genetic diversity adequately
preserved, accessed and
used will continue to be the
basic foundation for the
continued success of
breeding programs aimed at
developing new varieties,
cultivars and lines.
1997: Plant Variety
Protection Act in BrazilProdution
Planted Area
Evolution of domestic grain production
(in millions of tons) and of the respective
planted area (in millions of hectares)
SANTOS, Fabrício Santana et al. Evolution, importance and evaluation of cultivar protection in Brazil: the work of the SNPC. Crop Breed. Appl.