Editing Cultivar (section)

=== Controversial use of legal protection for cultivars ===

The use of legal protection for cultivars can be controversial, particularly for food crops that are staples in developing countries,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=647863 |title=Adi, A.B.C., ''Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology and the Fate of Poor Farmers' Agriculture.'' Social Science Research Network |date=13 January 2005 |access-date=2020-07-23 |archive-date=2021-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715072543/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=647863 |url-status=live }}</ref> or for plants selected from the wild and propagated for sale without any additional breeding work; some people consider this practice [[Ethics|unethical]].<ref>[http://www.callygardens.co.uk/pbr_article.html 'Who owns nature?'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911145947/http://www.callygardens.co.uk/pbr_article.html |date=2011-09-11 }} (article by nurseryman and plant hunter Michael Wickenden, published in ''[[The Plantsman (magazine)|The Plantsman]]'')</ref>