Seminar on the role of plant breeding and plant variety protection in enabling agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change (UPOV/SEM/GE/22)
October 11, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)
October 12, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)
October 26, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Meeting Documents
| Code | Title(s) | File(s) |
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| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/1 REV. | Revised draft program |  EN FR ES DE |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/REPORT/TH1 | Report on thematic session 1: Climate change and its impact on agricultural production Prepared by: Mr. Marien Valstar, President of the Council, UPOV | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/REPORT/TH2 | Report on thematic session 2: Strategies to address climate change in agriculture Prepared by: Mr. Yehan Cui, Vice-President of the Council, UPOV | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/REPORT/TH3 | Report on thematic session 3: Plant breeding for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: crop perspectives Prepared by: Mr. Patrick Ngwediagi, Chair of the Administrative and Legal Committee, UPOV | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/REPORT/TH4 | Report on thematic session 4: Plant breeding for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: breeding strategies and techniques Prepared by: Mr. Manuel Toro Ugalde, Vice-Chair of the Administrative and Legal Committee, UPOV | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/REPORT/TH5 | Report on thematic session 5: Role of plant variety protection in the development of new varieties to mitigate and adapt to climate change Prepared by: Ms. Kitisri Sukhapinda, Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and Affairs (OPIA), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), United States of America | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/CONC | Concluding remarks Prepared by: Mr. Marien Valstar, President of the Council, UPOV | EN |
Reference Documents
| Code | Title(s) | File(s) |
|---|---|---|
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/EXECSUM/1 | Impact of the Community Plant Variety Rights system on the EU economy and the environment - executive summary | EN |
Biographies
| Code | Title(s) | File(s) |
|---|---|---|
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/1 | Mr. John Derera, Senior Director, Plant Breeding and Pre-Breeding, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR System Organization) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/2 | Ms. Arianna Giuliodori, Secretary-General, World Farmers' Organization | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/3 | Mr. Michael Keller, Secretary-General, International Seed Federation (ISF) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/4 | Mr. Edgar Krieger, Secretary General, International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Horticultural Plants (CIOPORA) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/5 | Mr. Herwig Ranner, Team Leader – Climate change and agriculture, Unit for Sustainable Agriculture, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/6 | Mr. Solomon Gyan Ansah, Director of Agriculture & Head of the Seed Unit, Directorate of Crop Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/7 | Ms. Sol Ortíz García, General Director of Prospective Policies and Climate Change, Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/8 | Mr. Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno, Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/9 | Mr. George Prah, Deputy Director, Directorate of Crop Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/10 | Mr. Greg Rebetzke, Research Genetist, Canberra, Australia | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/11 | Mr. Yu Zhang, Research Associate, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/12 | Mr. Etienne Bucher, Research group leader “Crop Genome Dynamics”, Agroscope, Switzerland | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/13 | Mr. Jose Re, Vice President, Global New Products Development – Rice Tech USA, United States of America | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/14 | Ms. Hayat Zaher, Researcher, Marrakech Regional Agricultural Research Centre (CRRA), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/15 | Mr. Robert Boehm, Head of Biotechnology, Selecta One, Germany | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/16 | Ms. Tina Henriksson, Group Manager Breeding, Cereals & Pulses & Senior winter wheat breeder, Swedish Company Lantmännen, Sweden | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/17 | Mr. Pitambar Shrestha, Programme Advisor, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Nepal | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/18 | Ms. Astrid Schenkeveld, Specialist Plant Breeder's Rights & Variety Registration, Rijk Zwaan, Netherlands | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/19 | Ms. Emma Brown, General Manager, Plant Varieties, and Mr. Zac Hanley, General Manager Science, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | EN EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/20 | Mr. Moha Ferrahi, Head, Genetic Resources Improvement and Conservation Department (DACRG), Scientific Division, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/21 | Mr. Stefan van der Heijden, Associate, Innova Connect, Netherlands | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/22 | Mr. Morten Lillemo, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Faculty of Biosciences, Norway | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/23 | Mr. Francis Kusi, Acting Director and Mr. Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Senior Research Scientist, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), Principal Research Scientist (Host Plant Resistance), Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/24 | Mr. Abdelghani Nabloussi, Researcher, Meknès Regional Agricultural Research Centre (CRRA), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/25 | Mr. Muath Alsheikh, Head of Research and Development, Graminor AS, Norway | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/26 | Mr. Fernando Ortega Klose, Forage Plant Breeder, Chilean Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), Carillanca regional center, Chile | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/27 | Mr. Dave Bubeck, Research Director, Corteva, United States of America | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/28 | Mr. Anthony Parker, Commissioner, Plant Breeders' Rights Office, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/29 | Mr. Hans Adu-Dapaah, Expert, Crops Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (CSIR), Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/30 | Mr. Yasunori Ebihara, Director of Plant Variety Office, Intellectual Property Division, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/31 | Mr. Simon Mucheru Maina, Head, Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/BIO/32 | Mr. Francesco Mattina, President, Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Mr. Nathan Wajsman, Chief Economist of the European Intelletual Property Office (EUIPO) | EN EN |
Presentations
| Code | Title(s) | File(s) |
|---|---|---|
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/1 | Key note presentation - Impacts and risks for agriculture from climate change: adaptation solutions and the role of new plant varieties Prepared by: Mr. John Derera, Senior Director, Plant Breeding and Pre-Breeding, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/2 | World Farmers’ Organization perspective Prepared by: Ms. Arianna Giuliodori, Secretary-General, World Farmers' Organization | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/3 | International Seed Federation perspective Prepared by: Mr. Michael Keller, Secretary-General, ISF | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/4 | International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Horticultural Plants perspective Prepared by: Mr. Edgar Krieger, Secretary General, CIOPORA | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/5 | European Union strategy to address climate change in agriculture Prepared by: Mr. Herwig Ranner, Team Leader – Climate change and agriculture, Unit for Sustainable Agriculture, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/6 | Climate change: an opportunity for innovation in agriculture Prepared by: Mr. Solomon Gyan Ansah, Director of Agriculture & Head of the Seed Unit, Directorate of Crop Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/7 | The role of plant breeding for adaptation to climate change in Mexico Prepared by: Ms. Sol Ortíz García, General Director of Prospective Policies and Climate Change, Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/8 | Mitigation of climate change in agriculture Prepared by: Mr. Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno, Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/9 | Adaptation of agriculture/ farming systems to climate change: exploring genetic options Prepared by: Mr. George Prah, Deputy Director, Directorate of Crop Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/10 | Breeding targets to improve wheat performance in drying climates: adapting wheat cropping systems to current and future climate change Prepared by: Mr. Greg Rebetzke, Research Genetist, Canberra, Australia | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/11 | New plant variety protection system and the cultivation of water-saving and drought-resistant rice Prepared by: Mr. Yu Zhang, Research Associate, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/12 | Using crop genome dynamics for stress adaptation Prepared by: Mr. Etienne Bucher, Research group leader “Crop Genome Dynamics”, Agroscope, Switzerland | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/13 | SmartRice: a rice product grown using more sustainable methods to reduce the use of agricultural resources and provide more rice to meet the growing worldwide appetite Prepared by: Mr. José Ré, Vice President, Global New Products Development – Rice Tech USA, United States of America | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/14 | Characterization of the flowering phenology of the varieties of the world olive tree collection in Morocco for the selection of genotypes adapted to climate change Prepared by: Ms. Hayat Zaher, Researcher, Marrakech Regional Agricultural Research Centre (CRRA), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/15 | Climate change in the ornamental sector – A breeder’s perspective Prepared by: Mr. Robert Boehm, Head of Biotechnology, Selecta One, Germany | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/16 | Adapting cereal varieties to climate change in the Nordic countries – which traits can plant breeding work with and which ones are much more difficult? Prepared by: Ms. Tina Henriksson, Group Manager Breeding, Cereals & Pulses & Senior winter wheat breeder, Swedish Company Lantmännen, Sweden | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/17 | Hot climate program: an apple breeding program for hot climate Prepared by: Ms. Lidia Lozano, Researcher, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain | |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/18 | Grassroots breeding of future smart crops, better adapted to climate change: Learnings from Nepal's experience Prepared by: Mr. Pitambar Shrestha, Programme Advisor, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Nepal | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/19 | Vegetable company strategies to address the challenge of producing more food under increasingly harsh conditions and how the PBR system can help breeders to cope with such challenges Prepared by: Ms. Astrid Schenkeveld, Specialist Plant Breeder's Rights & Variety Registration, Rijk Zwaan, Netherlands | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/20 | “A smart green future” and “climate resilience underpinning breeding programmes” Prepared by: Ms. Emma Brown, General Manager, Plant Varieties, and Mr. Zac Hanley, General Manager Science, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/21 | Use of new technologies (molecular markers and speed breeding) in the development of drought-tolerant cereal varieties in Morocco Prepared by: Mr. Moha Ferrahi, Head, Genetic Resources Improvement and Conservation Department (DACRG), Scientific Division, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/22 | Breeding for the future Prepared by: Mr. Stefan van der Heijden, Associate, Innova Connect, Netherlands | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/23 | The role of variety characteristics on climate footprint (disease resistance, nitrogen utilization and yield) Prepared by: Mr. Morten Lillemo, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Faculty of Biosciences, Norway | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/24 | Research into market-driven and climate smart crop varieties: tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses Prepared by: Mr. Francis Kusi, Acting Director and Mr. Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Senior Research Scientist, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), Principal Research Scientist (Host Plant Resistance), Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/25 | Genetic improvement by mutagenesis of oilseed crops to cope with climate change: case of rapeseed and sesame Prepared by: Mr. Abdelghani Nabloussi, Researcher, Meknès Regional Agricultural Research Centre (CRRA), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Morocco | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/26 | Connecting different research clusters with the aim to develop more accurate breeding Prepared by: Mr. Muath Alsheikh, Head of Research and Development, Graminor AS, Norway | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/27 | Advances in the development of new varieties better adapted to climate change in crops and forages: a South American perspective Prepared by: Mr. Fernando Ortega Klose, Forage Plant Breeder, Chilean Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), Carillanca regional center, Chile | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/28 | Breeding Program to mitigate climate change and environmental pressures on crops Prepared by: Mr. Dave Bubeck, Research Director, Corteva, United States of America | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/29 | The role of PBR in plant breeding efforts to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Example of Canada, including public sector breeding Prepared by: Mr. Anthony Parker, Commissioner, Plant Breeders' Rights Office, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/30 | Plant breeding and plant variety protection: a catalyst for developing climate smart crop varieties in Sub-Saharan Africa Prepared by: Mr. Hans Adu-Dapaah, Expert, Crops Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (CSIR), Ghana | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/31 | Plant breeding and plant variety protection for variety adaptation to the Japanese climate Prepared by: Mr. Yasunori Ebihara, Director of Plant Variety Office, Intellectual Property Division, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/32 | The role of plant variety protection in promoting development of crop varieties that adapt to, and mitigate, climate change. Example of Kenya Prepared by: Mr. Simon Mucheru Maina, Head, Seed Certification and Plant Variety Protection, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) | EN |
| UPOV/SEM/GE/22/PPT/33 | Impact of the Community Plant Variety Rights system on the European Union economy and the environment Prepared by: Mr. Francesco Mattina, President, Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Mr. Nathan Wajsman, Chief Economist of the European Intelletual Property Office (EUIPO) | EN |
