Order No. 178 of the Ministry of Agriculture regarding elite seed growing. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Planting material/seeds Plant variety Intellectual property rights/patents Certification Crops/grasses Subsidy/incentive Plant production Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Order establishes the rules and procedures for the certification of elite seed growing activities, the modalities of verifying compliance with relevant requirements for the purpose of issuing patents and attributing intellectual property rights for strain renovation and modification of plant varieties. Legal and natural persons applying for the attribution of elite seed growers must comply with the criteria set forth in this Order. The Ministry of Agriculture shall issue an elite seed growing farm certificate following successful verification. Elite seed growing farm certificates also provide the right to state subsidies for the number of elite seeds sold. Full text Russian Website www.government.kz