植物新品種保護国際同盟:UPOV(Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales)は、植物の新品種を育成者権という知的財産権として保護するための国際機関です。
UPOV UPOV(ユポフ)条約 加盟国一覧
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants or UPOV is a treaty body with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. UPOV’s objective is to provide an effective system for plant variety protection.
地理的表示(GI)保護制度
On March 3, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that the geographical indication (GI) that the government protects brands of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food products that are rooted in the region, Mie prefecture’s long-term fattening beef “special Matsusaka beef”, Yamagata prefecture’s ” Yonezawa Beef”, “Nishio Matcha” from Aichi Prefecture, and “Maesawa Beef” from Iwate Prefecture.