News > Win for farmers as India revokes PepsiCo's patent on FL-2027 potato variety
Win for farmers as India revokes PepsiCo's patent on FL-2027 potato variety
Deccan Herald | 03/12/2021 10:15 PM | Click to read full article
Accepting a farm activist's revocation application to revoke the varietal registration of PepsiCo India Holding on potato variety FL-2027, The Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers' Rights (PPV&FR) Authority on Friday revoked the registration, the multinational had. Even at the global level, this is the first time that the multinational had to face such a defeat.
"This is a victory for farmers of India," said Kavitha Kuruganti, a farmers activist who fought the case against the multinational.
