Farmers' Rights legislation & policy database: The Americas

FARMERS' RIGHTS LEGISLATION & POLICY DATABASE:

The Americas

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	Farmers' Rights*	Cons. & sus. use*	Trad. knowl.*	Access & benefits*	Seed laws*	PVP*	Patent laws*
Andean Community				O		O
Antigua/Barbuda
Argentina				O	O O	O
Bahamas
Barbados						O O
Belize						O O
Bolivia				O	O O O	O O O
Brazil			O	O	O	O O
Canada						O O
Chile				O		O O
Colombia					O	O
Costa Rica	O	O		O O	O	O
Cuba					O	O
Dominica						O
Dominican Republic						O
Ecuador		O		O		O
El Salvador					O
Grenada
Guatemala						O
Guyana				O
Haiti
Honduras					O
Jamaica
Mexico					O O	O O
Nicaragua					O	O
Panama			O			O O
Paraguay					O O	O O
Peru		O O	O			O
Saint Kitts/Nevis
Saint Lucia							O
Saint Vincent/the Grenadines
Surinam
Trinidad and Tobago						O O
Uruguay					O	O
USA					O	O O O O
Venezuela		O		O	O

*Legend:

Farmers' Rights =	Legislation on Farmers' Rights and community rights related to crop genetic resources
Cons. & sus. use =	Legislation on conservation and sustainable use of crop genetic resources
Trad. knowl. =	Traditional knowledge legislation
Access & benefits =	Bioprospecting legislation with access and benefit sharing provisions
Seed laws =	Seed laws, including seed certification rules
PVP =	Laws on plant variety protection, also called plant breeders' rights legislation
Patent laws =	Patent laws

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