Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana
Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through its Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), is responsible for developing improved crop varieties and has developed hundreds of varieties over the years. However, these public research i...
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| author | Kuhlmann, Katrin Nalinya, Adron Naggayi Botey, Mireku Gichuru, Lilian Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa Onsando, James Ahenda, Joseph Mujaju, Claid Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng |
| author_browse | Ahenda, Joseph Botey, Mireku Gichuru, Lilian Kuhlmann, Katrin Mujaju, Claid Nalinya, Adron Naggayi Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng Onsando, James Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa |
| author_facet | Kuhlmann, Katrin Nalinya, Adron Naggayi Botey, Mireku Gichuru, Lilian Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa Onsando, James Ahenda, Joseph Mujaju, Claid Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng |
| author_sort | Kuhlmann, Katrin |
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| description | Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through its Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), is responsible for developing improved crop varieties and has developed hundreds of varieties over the years. However, these public research institutes face significant funding challenges that constraint breeding activities, variety testing and release, maintenance and provision of early generation seed (EGS), and handover to seed systems actors. This policy brief summarizes findings from a consultative meetings and workshops held in 2024 to understand how CSIR-CRI and CSIR-SARI can explore licensing to enhance varietal adoption and commercialization. It was identified that the licensing model currently implemented by the CSIR could have broader implications for public breeding objectives or farmers' access to improved varieties. Low awareness of Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations among staff, gaps in managing licensing agreements, and weak private sector engagement undermine crop variety commercialization through licensing. Recommendations based on stakeholder consultations included the development of an improved licensing strategy and standardadized guidelines, awareness creation, capacity building in variety licencing models, institutionalization of EGS supply processes, and improved engagement with the private sector. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1788252025-12-16T02:07:33Z Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana Kuhlmann, Katrin Nalinya, Adron Naggayi Botey, Mireku Gichuru, Lilian Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa Onsando, James Ahenda, Joseph Mujaju, Claid Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng licences commercialization policy briefs agricultural policies Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through its Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), is responsible for developing improved crop varieties and has developed hundreds of varieties over the years. However, these public research institutes face significant funding challenges that constraint breeding activities, variety testing and release, maintenance and provision of early generation seed (EGS), and handover to seed systems actors. This policy brief summarizes findings from a consultative meetings and workshops held in 2024 to understand how CSIR-CRI and CSIR-SARI can explore licensing to enhance varietal adoption and commercialization. It was identified that the licensing model currently implemented by the CSIR could have broader implications for public breeding objectives or farmers' access to improved varieties. Low awareness of Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations among staff, gaps in managing licensing agreements, and weak private sector engagement undermine crop variety commercialization through licensing. Recommendations based on stakeholder consultations included the development of an improved licensing strategy and standardadized guidelines, awareness creation, capacity building in variety licencing models, institutionalization of EGS supply processes, and improved engagement with the private sector. 2025-11 2025-12-15T21:48:11Z 2025-12-15T21:48:11Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178825 en Open Access application/pdf CIMMYT New Markets Lab Kuhlmann, K., Nalinya, A. N., Botey, M., Gichuru, L., Puozaa, D. K., Onsando, J., Ahenda, J., Mujaju, C., & Ojiewo, C. O. (2025). Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana [Brief]. CIMMYT, & New Markets Lab. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/36242 |
| spellingShingle | licences commercialization policy briefs agricultural policies Kuhlmann, Katrin Nalinya, Adron Naggayi Botey, Mireku Gichuru, Lilian Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa Onsando, James Ahenda, Joseph Mujaju, Claid Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title | Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title_full | Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title_short | Licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in Ghana |
| title_sort | licensing as a commercialization strategy to improve varietal adoption in ghana |
| topic | licences commercialization policy briefs agricultural policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178825 |
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