Navdanya

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  • http://www.navdanya.org/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navdanya
  • Indian-based non-governmental organisation which promotes biodiversity conservation, biodiversity, organic farming, the rights of farmers, and the process of seed saving. Navdanya is a network of seed keepers and organic producers spread across 16 states in India.
  • Since 1991 they have been campaigning against GM crops and food in India. Working with citizens' movements, grassroot organisations, NGOs and governments, they have made significant contributions to the [[Convention on Biological Diversity[[ (CBD) and the Biosafety Protocol.
  • Link to Open Source Seed Initiative


Articles

  • Biopiracy: Navdanya started the campaign against biopiracy with the Neem Campaign in 1994 and mobilised 1,00,000 signatures against neem patents and filed a legal opposition against the USDA and WR Grace & Company patent on the fungicidal properties of neem (no. 436257 B1) in the European Patent Office (EPO) at Munich, Germany.
  • Along with RFSTE, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) of Germany and Ms. Magda Alvoet, former Green Member of the European Parliament were party to the challenge. ...the EPO revoked in entirety the controversial patent.
  • Monsanto was assigned a patent (EP 0445929 B1) on wheat on May.21.2003 by the European Patent Office in Munich under the simple title "plants". On Jan.27.2004, Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) along with Greenpeace and Bharat Krishak Samaj BKS filed a petition at the European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, challenging the patent rights given to Monsanto on Indian Landrace of wheat, Nap Hal. The patent was revoked in October 2004.