Kuqubuka Ingxabano Yokuhlukahluka Kwamazambane ENingizimu Korea Njengoba Abalimi Bebhekene Nesinyathelo Sezomthetho Ngokusakazwa Okungagunyaziwe
Ukuthatha okhiye
- Cease-and-desist notices sent to Gimje growers
- ‘Arang’ variety rights registered in January
- Re-planting own harvest now counts as infringement
- Private varieties are 48%+ of greenhouse area
- State-bred ‘Sumi’ has fallen below 5%
Kungani kubalulekile
- Kwabalimi
- Certified seed must now be bought every season — including for what growers previously kept back for their own use.
- Kwabahlinzeki
- Private varieties taking 48% of greenhouse area is what makes variety rights enforceable at scale here.
60-isekhondi isifinyezo
A legal dispute has opened in Gimje, where potato growers received cease-and-desist notices from the seed company Green Seed for allegedly infringing plant variety protection rights on its ‘Arang’ variety. One grower, Mr Baek, who has cultivated Arang for three to four years, acknowledged re-planting part of his own harvest to make up for insufficient seed supply — common practice among farmers. The company registered its variety protection rights in January, which makes such self-propagation illegal under the Plant New Variety Protection Act; unaware of the registration, Baek faced potential civil and criminal penalties, which the article puts at up to seven years’ imprisonment or fines up to 100 million KRW. Green Seed has agreed to drop action in exchange for written pledges. In Gimje, privately bred varieties such as Arang now account for over 48% of greenhouse potato area against under 5% for the once-dominant state-bred ‘Sumi’.
Kuqubuka impikiswano yezomthetho eGimje, eNingizimu Korea, lapho abalimi bamazambane bendawo benikezwe khona izaziso zokuyeka nokuyeka yiGreen Seed, inkampani ekhethekile yembewu, ngokusolwa ngokwephula amalungelo okuvikela izinhlobo zezitshalo zohlobo lwayo lwamazambane 'lwe-Arang'. Omunye umlimi, uMnu. Baek, osetshale i-Arang iminyaka engu-3-4, uvumile ukuthi uphinde watshala ingxenye yamazambane akhe avuniwe ukuze akhokhele ukutholakala kwembewu enganele—okuwumkhuba ovamile phakathi kwabalimi. Kodwa-ke, inkampani yabhalisa ngokusemthethweni amalungelo ayo okuvikela izinhlobo ngoJanuwari, okwenza ukuzitshala okunjalo kube okungekho emthethweni ngaphansi koMthetho Wokuvikela Izinhlobo Ezintsha Zezitshalo. Engazi ngokubhaliswa kanye nemiphumela yezomthetho, uMnu. Baek manje ubhekene nezijeziso zomphakathi nezobugebengu ezingaba khona, okuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-7 ejele noma izinhlawulo ezifika ku-100 million KRW.
Lesi sigameko sigqamise ukungezwani okukhulayo phakathi kwemikhuba yendabuko yokulima kanye nemithetho yesimanje yempahla yengqondo. Nakuba i-Green Seed ivumile ukuyeka isinyathelo sezomthetho ngokumelene nabalimi abathintekile ngokushintshana nezithembiso ezibhaliwe zokungaphindi lesi senzo, ochwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi izingxabano ezifanayo zingase zikhule. E-Gimje, ngaphezu kwama-48% okutshalwa kwamazambane aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka manje kusebenzisa izinhlobo ezifuywa ngasese njenge-Arang, uma kuqhathaniswa nezingaphansi kwama-5% zohlobo lwe-'Sumi' olwaluvame ukufuywa kuhulumeni. Izikhulu ezivela esikhungweni sezobuchwepheshe bezolimo sendawo zikhipha iziqondiso ngenkuthalo zokuvimbela ukwephulwa okungahlosiwe, zigcizelela ukuthi abalimi kumele bathenge imbewu eqinisekisiwe njalo ngesizini futhi bagweme noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuzalisa okungagunyaziwe, ngisho nokusetshenziswa komuntu siqu.
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Imithombo
- Statements from the affected grower, Green Seed and the local agricultural technology center — cited in the article
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