Contracting Party may restrict breeder’s rights in order to permit farmers to use:
- for propagating purposes on their own holdings the product of the harvest obtained on their own holdings from the protected variety within reasonable limits subject to safeguarding legitimate interests of the breeder
A majority of the varieties are now protected under the 1994 amendment of the Plant Variety Protection Act. For PVP 94 protected varieties, you may save seed for your own planting only; you may not sell it to a neighbor without specific permission of the applicant for protection.