Seeds Act and Federal Plant Varieties Act and transgenic maize in Mexico

Authors

  • Alejandro Espinosa-Calderón Campo Experimental Valle de México. INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco, km 13.5. C. P. 56250, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. Tel. 595 9212657. Ext. 184 y 204
  • Antonio Turrent-Fernández Campo Experimental Valle de México. INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco, km 13.5. C. P. 56250, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. Tel. 595 9212657. Ext. 184 y 204
  • Margarita Tadeo-Robledo Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlan. UNAM. Carretera Cuautitlán-Teoloyucán, km 2.5. C. P. 54714, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México. Tel. (55) 56231971
  • Adelita San Vicente-Tello Semillas de Vida A. C. San Pedro 70, Coyoacán, México, D. F. Tel. (55)56584497
  • Noel Gómez-Montiel CEIGUA, INIFAP, Carretera Iguala-Tuxpan, km. 2.5. C. P. 40000, Col. Centro, Tuxpan. Iguala, Guerrero. México. Tel. (733)3325080-21056
  • Roberto Valdivia-Bernal Unidad Académica de Agricultura, Universidad Autónoma Nayarit, km 9. Carretera Tepic-Compostela; Xalisco, Nayarit, México, Tel. (311) 211-0128
  • Mauro Sierra Macías Campo Experimental Cotaxtla, CECOT, INIFAP. Carretera federal Veracruz-Córdoba, km 34.5. Medellín de Bravo, Veracruz, México. Tel. (285)5960106 al 09
  • Benjamín Zamudio-González Campo Experimental Valle de México. INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco, km 13.5. C. P. 56250, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. Tel. 595 9212657. Ext. 184 y 204

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v5i2.967

Keywords:

variety protection, patents, seed production, genetically modified organisms

Abstract

This paper reviews the process that has occurred in Mexico around seed laws, especially the law of seed (2007) and the proposed new Federal Plant Variety Act (LFVV) amending the current (1996), and its relation to the production, trade and supply of seeds in the country. It is related to pressure Mexico to locate legal under the Act 91 of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) to establish a legal framework suitable for seed corporations, with the possible authorization for commercial plantings transgenic maize and if, upon the occurrence of contamination of native maize and improved proprietary national events polluting any normal maize enforce their patent rights and to demand royalty payments. The seed law dictates that all varieties (improved or native) is incorporated in the National Catalogue of Plant Varieties (CNVV) as a prerequisite to enter the qualification process, for which it must rely on the characterization based on the Technical Guide for the Maize Varietal description, complicating management and criminalizes ancient seed maize growers.

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Published

2018-03-09

How to Cite

Espinosa-Calderón Alejandro, Turrent-Fernández Antonio, Margarita Tadeo-Robledo, Adelita San Vicente-Tello, Gómez-Montiel Noel, Roberto Valdivia-Bernal, Sierra Macías Mauro, and Zamudio-González Benjamín. 2018. “Seeds Act and Federal Plant Varieties Act and Transgenic Maize in Mexico”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 5 (2). México, ME:293-308. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v5i2.967.

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