BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  Earth Matters  >  Who Owns the Right to Seeds?

Who Owns the Right to Seeds?

Chee Yoke Ling, Executive Director, Third World Network

14-Jul-25 15:00

Who Owns the Right to Seeds?

A quiet but crucial battle is playing out over something we often overlook - seeds. Proposed changes to Malaysia’s Protection of New Plant Varieties Act could shift seed rights away from small farmers and into the hands of multinational companies. To help us understand what this means for farmers, food prices, and even our national seed sovereignty, we’re joined by Chee Yoke Ling, the Executive Director of the Third World Network.

Image Credit: Shutterstock

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  environment

Tags:  Protection of New Plant Varieties Act,  farmer's rights,  UPOV 91,  native seed protection,  the bigger picture,  earth matters,  seeds,  food prices,  food security,  comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-pacific partnership,  cptpp,  food sovereignty,  gmo,  third world network, 


Latest Podcasts




Play / Pause

Listen now : Best of The Bigger Picture: (REPEAT) How does palliative and hospice care...

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Professor Nicole Gillespie of Melbourne Business School explores why the trust gap matters at the workplace.

1:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

(REPEAT) Kam, Sharmilla Ganesan and Vernon Adrian Emuang discuss grandma hobbies, poetry making a comeback and Malaysia's cultural metropole on another insightful episode of ABoC!

2:00 PM

Ringgit & Sense

(REPEAT) Idham Idris, Director of Corporate Treasury Investment Services at Wealth Vantage Advisory talks about financial goals in your 20s and 30s.

2:30 PM

The Property Show

(REPEAT) Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi of Thomas Philip shares the legal recourse available to residents opposing unwanted developments in their neighbourhood.

3:00 PM

Best of The Bigger Picture

(REPEAT) How does palliative and hospice care help patients diagnosed with terminal or life-limiting diseases? And what support do their caregivers need?

4:00 PM

Best of Evening Edition

(REPEAT) We sit down with Munir Muhammad, Co- Founder of Burrow skateshop and 4OR Media to discuss KL’s skate scene and what sets it apart from other regions.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

How does a community in India deal with flower waste? This episode of People Fixing The World speaks to the community that found a brilliant solution.