Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, 2000. Country/Territory Eswatini Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the control, sale, importation and exportation of seeds and matters incidental thereto. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Basic legislation Plant production Planting material/seeds Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Registration Certification Crops/grasses Plant variety Inspection Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Southern Africa Abstract This Act makes provision for the control on the quality of plant propagation material (in this Act “seed”) marketed in Swaziland and in particular provides rules for the production of and trade in seed, the recognition of certain plant varieties, the testing and certification of seed and the packing and labelling of seed. The Act also provides some rules relative to the exportation of seed. Full text English