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D-cultivar-licence Dictionary

Cultivar licence

The paid right to grow and sell a protected plant variety

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Plain meaning
The paid right to grow and sell a protected plant variety
How to use it
Secure licences before ordering trees of protected varieties.
South African benchmark
Article 30 explains how cultivar rights shape South African fruit competitiveness.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M5
Calculate it
T-M5-02 Orchard Establishment Cost
Library sources
LIB-A026, LIB-A027, LIB-P-Apple, LIB-P-Pear
Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedDeciduous Fruit and Table Grapes: how the business runsSold bycartons per hectare1Plant trees2Grow to bearing3Pick4Cold store5Export or local marketZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M5 Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes.