Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill – Where are we?

Second Press Statement on the Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill  18 July 2024 Chronology of the development of the PBR Bill (2024) – ZAAB’s perspective. ZAAB members have been following the developments in Zambia’s Seed and Plant Variety Protection laws since 2010. By 2020, we were aware that the two laws governing seed in Zambia were being amended as follows: Amendments to the Plant Variety and Seeds Act (amended 1995) that began in 2018 to align with the COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations. The Act and […]

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PRESS RELEASE LUSAKA, 29th January 2024: ARE WE BEING FED GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE?

PRESS RELEASE LUSAKA, 29th January 2024ARE WE BEING FED GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE? According to the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Commander, Lt. General Maliti Soloch, the answer is a resounding NO! He also urged Zambias to “trust the mealie meal labelled green, it is non-GMO…. It is high time we started having the culture of speaking the truth so that we can stand on integrity when we speak” (26thJanuary 2024). And during the weekly media engagement on the same day, Zambia’s Minister of Information and Media and […]

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