Title: 20 years later: what has changed in the Brazilian seed market with the Plant Variety Protection Law?

Authors: Adriana Carvalho Pinto Vieira; Kelly Lissandra Bruch

Addresses: PPGAD, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Rua Henrique Thielen No. 1150/02, Jardim Carvalho, Ponta Grossa, Parana, 84015650, Brazil ' PROFNIT/IFRS, Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Agronegócios – CEPAN/UFRGS, Univeridade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. João Pessoa, 80, Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90040-000, Brazil

Abstract: We propose to analyse the restructuring of the seed market in Brazil in the face of the recognition of intellectual property rights, by Law no. 9,456/1997, analysing the repercussions of this in the last 20 years. It can be inferred that it changed the model of technology generation in the field of seed production. There was a restructuring of the seed market, an increase in the number of institutions and companies, public and private, national and foreign, as well as increased partnerships between these companies. The intensification of competition has translated into benefits for farmers in general - who had access to a more diversified supply of seeds. This scenario allowed Brazil to become a world power in agribusiness, in view of the fact that significant increases in production and productivity were achieved.

Keywords: innovation; ecosystem of innovation; seed market; intellectual property system; soybean.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2020.112418

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2020 Vol.10 No.4, pp.327 - 344

Received: 31 May 2019
Accepted: 07 Jan 2020
Published online: 14 Jan 2021 *

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