Section 6(2) in Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights (Community Award from the Gene Fund) Rules, 2018
(2)The community of farmers particularly, the tribal, village, rural and farming communities to be eligible for community award, be engaged in the conservation of genetic resources of land races and wild relatives of economic plants and their improvement through selection and preservation and the material so selected has been used as donors of genes in varieties registerable under the Act.
