
Minori Hagiwara
Minori Hagiwara is the chair of a subcommittee for the UPOV and works within Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. She has raised concerns about the negative impact of seed smuggling on farmers and the innovation of new crop varieties, especially in the context of climate change.
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Minori Hagiwara, who chairs a UPOV subcommittee, works in Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smugglingCNN·
United States· 2026-09-19






