Plant Breeder's Rights

 Aim:

To provide a national plant variety protection System

Functions:

• To provide a plant variety evaluation and registration service in terms of the Plant     Breeder’s Rights Act, 1976 (Act no. 15 of 1976)  
• To manage the plant variety listing system.
• To manage the granting of Plant Breeder’s Rights.
• To develop norms and standards, and procedures for plant variety evaluations.
• To facilitate information management on plant variety protection.