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History
Organization

Operation of the Plant
Variety Protection System

 
- Requirements for Plant Variety Protection
- Plant Variety Protection Rights
- Procedure of Plant Variety Protection
- The Procedure of Application to Registration through Examination
Management of the Plant Variety Performance
Management of Seed Marketing
Production and Distribution
of Certified Seeds


       History


Setting up of National Seed Production and Distribution Office (NSPDO) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries(MAF)
Establishment of 8 Branch offices and Seed Processing Plant
Reorganized NSPDO under the Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Enforcement of the Seed Industry Law which introduces the Plant Variety Protection System
Renaming as the Natianal Seed Management Office
Reorganized National Seed Management Office under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
Transfer of 3 Branch offices such as Pyeongtaek, Jecheon, Daegwallyeong, to Local Governments
Renaming as the Korea Seed & Variety Service
Reorganized Korea Seed & Variety Service under the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MIFAFF)
Establishment of Gangwon provincial office