The United Republic Of Tanzania Signs The Arusha Protocol For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants

© IP Desk: The United Republic of Tanzania has become the fifth member state of African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) to sign the Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, (PVP).
According to ARIPO, “Hon. Stephen M. Wasira (MP), Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives signed the Protocol on behalf of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania at a ceremony held in Dar es Salaam on September 28, 2015”.
The other four ARIPO Member States to have signed the protocol include; The Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. These signed the protocol on July 6, 2015, the day the protocol was adopted a Diplomatic Conference that was held in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania.
PVP Protocol seeks to provide Member States with a regional plant variety protection system that recognizes the need to provide growers and farmers with improved varieties of plants in order to ensure sustainable Agricultural production. Member States, cooperating partners and other stakeholders are expected to provide financial and material support for the effective implementation of the Protocol.
The Protocol remains open for signature by Member States of the Organization and other States, members of the African Union until December 31, 2015. It will enter into force only when four States have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.

Zambia Becomes Party to Swakopmund Protocol

2nd Floor The Republic of Zambia has become the seventh member state to become party to the Swakopmund Protocol. This was after Zambia deposited Instrument of Ratification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe, on August 28, 2015. The Member States of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) adopted the Swakopmund Protocol on the protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of folklore on August 9, 2010 at Swakopmund in the Republic of Namibia. The protocol entered into force on May 11, 2015. The protocol is meant to “protect creations derived from the exploitation of traditional knowledge in ARIPO member states against misappropriation and illicit use through bio-piracy, within ARIPO.

Global Census at population.io

You do know your age. But how many people are older or younger than you? Population.io is an online site that keeps track of the world’s population. It also lets you know how many people in the world, home country or any other country are either older or younger than you. And for some you, or us, the numbers and percentages are very surprising. Or are they not? At the time of writing this, we are 7,340,356,127 and adding up like seconds of a clock. That means by the time you visit, the numbers will be considerably higher. I came across this site after reading an article by Charles Onyango-Obbo in the Daily Monitor. All you need to do is enter your date of birth, country of birth and sex, then hit the GO button. In seconds you will get to know your age position, in the world.

About Population.io aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a wider audience. We believe that demographic data can play an important role in understanding the social and economic developments of our time. Our hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own life and find their own place in the world of today and tomorrow. Credits Population.io has been developed by Wolfgang Fengler (wfengler AT worldbank DOT org,@wolfgangfengler), together with K.C. Samir (@kcsamir) and Benedikt Groß (@bndktgrs).