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Gimcheon walnut in South Korea secured variety protection rights for 25 years

Raw Walnut
South Korea
Published Apr 1, 2022

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(Gimcheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Chang-jin Hong = The walnut variety developed by Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do has secured the right to breed protection. According to the city of Gimcheon on the 31st, the National Forest Breeding Center recently notified the city of Gimcheon of the decision to protect the walnut seed 'Gimcheon No. 1'. The city secured the Gimcheon No. 1 variety protection right for 25 years. In the future, if a seedling dealer wants to produce and sell Gimcheon No. 1 walnut seedlings, a fee equivalent to 2% of the seedling price must be paid to the city of Gimcheon. Earlier, in March 2020, the walnut seed 'Hwangak' developed by Gimcheon City was also registered under the variety protection right. The city appeared in the Forest Breeding Center in October 2013 to protect four varieties, namely Gimcheon 1, Gimcheon 2, Hwangak, and Geumneung, jointly developed with the National Forest Research Institute. The Forest Breeding Center made this decision after collecting walnut seed samples and analyzing its composition for years. The city protects seeds by creating a walnut test forest, while creating a nursery to produce and supply walnut seedlings to farmers. From next year, we plan to intensively distribute two varieties of breed protection.

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(Gimcheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Chang-jin Hong = The walnut variety developed by Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do has secured variety protection rights. According to the city of Gimcheon on the 31st, the National Forest Breeding Center recently notified the city of Gimcheon of the decision to protect the walnut seed 'Gimcheon No. 1'. The city secured the Gimcheon No. 1 variety protection right for 25 years. In the future, if a seedling dealer wants to produce and sell Gimcheon No. 1 walnut seedlings, a fee equivalent to 2% of the seedling price must be paid to the city of Gimcheon. Earlier, in March 2020, the walnut seed 'Hwangak' developed by Gimcheon City was also registered under the variety protection right. The city appeared in the Forest Breeding Center in October 2013 to protect four varieties, namely Gimcheon 1, Gimcheon 2, Hwangak, and Geumneung, jointly developed with the National Forest Research Institute. The Forest Breeding Center made this decision after collecting ...
Source: Yna
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