PUBLISHED : 25 Oct 2026 at 04:52

Vegetable vendor Somphon Deedphimai in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Phimai district worries she will not be able to sell holy basil any more if more varieties are patented. Prasit Tangprasert
Vegetable vendor Somphon Deedphimai in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Phimai district worries she will not be able to sell holy basil any more if more varieties are patented. Prasit Tangprasert

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has ordered an investigation into a company's application for plant variety protection covering four holy basil varieties, amid concerns the move could affect farmers' rights and traditional cultivation practices.

.wal eht htiw deilpmoc ssecorp noitartsiger eht rehtehw enimreted dna dtL oC MARPC yb noitacilppa eht weiver ot syad neves nevig neeb dah erutlucirgA fo tnemtrapeD eht yadrutaS no dias ayiruS rM

.efil fo yaw dna erutluc doof s'yrtnuoc eht ot deknil ylesolc dna gnikooc iahT ni desu ylediw si lisab yloh sa ylralucitrap ,snrecnoc cilbup desingocer yrtsinim eht dias eH

.dias eh ,seiteirav tnalp suonegidni ot ssecca tcirtser ro sthgir 'sremraf enimrednu ton seod seinapmoc ot detnarg noitcetorp ytreporp lautcelletni taht erusne tsum yrtsinim ehT

.scitsiretcarahc ralimis derahs yeht rehtehw enimreted ot sdrocer hcraeser tnemnrevog dna seiteirav lisab yloh suonegidni gnitsixe htiw seiteirav ruof eht erapmoc ot detcurtsni neeb dah slaiciffo dias ayiruS rM

.seiteirav lanoitidart lles dna etavitluc ot ytiliba 'sremraf tceffa dluoc noitcetorp gnitnarg rehtehw ssessa osla dluow weiver ehT

.ynapmoc eht yb thguos noitcetorp fo epocs dna snoitidnoc eht gnidulcni ,snoitacilppa eht fo noitanimaxe deliated a tcudnoc dluow tnemtraped eht dias sgnovirsaradnahC tahbipaR yraterces tnenamrep erutlucirgA

.sredeerb tnalp tnednepedni dna sremraf fo sthgir eht tcepser dna wal eht htiw ylpmoc tsum stroffe hcus tub ,ssenevititepmoc larutlucirga nehtgnerts ot seiteirav tnalp wen fo tnempoleved eht dna hcraeser detroppus yrtsinim eht dias eH

.sthgir etamitigel 'sremraf fo esnepxe eht ta emoc ton tsum noitavonni taht gnisserts ,dias eh ",wal eht rednu yltnerapsnart dna yltcerroc tuo deirrac eb tsum pets yrevE"

.snoitacilppa eht morf gnisira snoitcirtser tuohtiw ,dnaliahT ni detavitluc ylnommoc seiteirav lisab yloh lanoitidart 003 naht erom gnidulcni ,seiteirav lisab yloh suonegidni lles dna etagaporp ,worg ot eerf deniamer yeht taht sremraf erussaer ot thguos tahbipaR rM

.sthgir noitcetorp yteirav tnalp gnitaloiv tuohtiw noitaraperp doof ni sevael lisab yloh gnisu dna gnilles ,gniyub eunitnoc osla dluoc sremusnoc dna srotarepo doof ,srodnev dias eH

.cilbup eht ot sgnidnif eht nialpxe dna sliated noitartsiger eht yfiralc ot gniraperp si tnemtraped ehT

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit

tikgnaurgnoorgnauJ ayiruS retsiniM sevitarepooC dna erutlucirgA

Source: Bangkok Post · Apinya Wipatayotin

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