Journal of Management Research ISSN 1941-899X 2015, Vol. 7, No. 2 www.macrothink.org/jmr 375 The Plant Variety Protection Law in Malaysia: Issues on Protection of Farmers’ Rights Murshamshul Kamariah Musa (Corresponding author) Faculty of Law and International Relations, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin 21300, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Tel: 60-9-668-8477 E-mail: mksham.musa@gmail.com Zuhairah Arif Abd Gadas Faculty of Law And International Relations, University Sultan Zainal Abidin 21300, Kuala Terengganu,Terengganu, Malaysia Tel: 60-9-668-8477 E-mail: zuhairahariff@unisza.edu.my Mohd Shahril Nizam Md Radzi (Corresponding author) Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan 16100, Kota Bharu Kelantan, Malaysia Tel: 60-9-771-7251 E-mail: shahrilnizam@umk.edu.my Received: July 10, 2014 Accepted: August 2, 2014 Published: February 1, 2015 doi:10.5296/jmr.v7i2.6941 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jmr.v7i2.6941 Abstract The availability of a wide diversity of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture is necessary to ensure continuous food production and food security. However, the expansion of intellectual property protection into agricultural field has raised concerns as to its impact on farmers’ traditional agricultural practises and the recognition of farming communities’ efforts in development and conservation of plant varieties. This paper serves as an exploratory study on few issues relating to farmers in Malaysia, the Farmers’ Rights concept and plant variety rights in Malaysia. The paper provides a brief review on the current Malaysian plant variety law and suggests further in depth study to identify gaps in the current legislation in realising