Urgent need for a 'control tower' to invigorate the seed industry

Published 2025년 10월 13일

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[Korean Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper, Reporter Jo Young-kyu] Recently, voices have emerged in the seed industry calling for an urgent establishment of a 'control tower' to develop the domestic seed industry. The shrinking seed industry needs the cooperation of the public, government, and academia to regain its vitality, but there is a lack of a central axis to coordinate this, according to critics. Currently, the government operates the Agricultural and Forestry Seed Committee and the Fisheries Seed Committee in accordance with the 'Plant New Varieties Protection Act.' Among these, the Agricultural and Forestry Seed Committee is an advisory committee under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with its main functions being the 'advice on the protection of variety rights and the disposal of national variety rights,' the 'review of the establishment of ordinary implementation rights,' and the 'protection of variety rights infringement.'

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The Agricultural Seed Committee under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Focusing only on variety protection and commercial implementation Limitations in activating the seed industry The Seed Research Association, investment and R&D development, etc. Functioning as the 'central axis' coordinating cooperation between the public, private, and academic sectors Proposal to establish the Seed Industry Development Committee Recently, voices have emerged in the seed industry that a 'control tower' for the development of the domestic seed industry is urgently needed. As the seed industry is increasingly shrinking, it needs the cooperation of the public, private, and academic sectors to regain vitality, but there is no central axis to coordinate this, according to criticism. Currently, the government operates the Agricultural Seed Committee and the Fisheries Seed Committee based on the 'Plant New Varieties Protection Act.' The Agricultural Seed Committee, an advisory ...

Source: Agrinet