| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Key Event | Narendra Singh Mehra, a farmer from Devla Malla village, Nainital, Uttarakhand, developed the climate-resilient wheat variety "Narendra-09" and registered it under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 (PPV&FRA). |
| About Narendra-09 | - Developed through on-farm selection of naturally occurring plants. - Exhibits high heat tolerance. - Produces 50-80 grains per stalk compared to 20-25 grains in traditional varieties. - Adapts well to diverse areas across hills and plains, requires less water, and performs well under climate-stress conditions. |
| Registration | Registered under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (PPV&FRA), 2001, securing legal breeder and farmer rights. |
| About PPV&FRA, 2001 | - Enacted to protect newly developed plant varieties, recognise farmers' rights, and promote the breeding of improved crop varieties. - Allows registration of new, extant, farmers', and essentially derived varieties, provided they meet the DUS criteria (Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability). - Grants breeders exclusive rights to produce, sell, market, distribute, import, or export registered varieties. - Farmers can save, use, sow, resow, exchange, and share seeds of protected varieties but cannot sell them in branded form. - Provides for benefit-sharing, Plant Genome Saviour Awards, and establishes the National Gene Fund to reward conservation efforts. |
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