Amid a series of cases in which branded varieties of agricultural products developed in Japan are cultivated overseas without permission, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has created an organization that centrally handles measures to prevent such cultivation, etc. It was decided to establish it in cooperation with the organization.
Shine Muscat and Ruby Roman, which are branded varieties of agricultural products developed in Japan and are popular as luxury grapes, have been found to be cultivated overseas without permission.
Last year, the seed and seedling law was revised, and it is regulated to take seeds and seedlings abroad without permission.
However, in order to prevent unauthorized cultivation overseas, the procedure for registering varieties for each country is a heavy burden for the prefectures and companies that developed the brand, and the establishment of a system has been an issue.
For this reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has established an organization that not only handles these procedures, but also collects usage fees after allowing cultivation overseas, in collaboration with the national research institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, and prefectural governments. We decided to work together to establish
From next fiscal year, we will start working on some varieties.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries wants to promote domestic agriculture by creating an environment in which usage fees are properly paid by overseas business operators to the prefectures that developed the brand, which will lead to the securing of funds for the development of new varieties. and