farmer "farmer" means any person who— (a) cultivates crops by cultivating the land himself; (b) cultivates crops by directly supervising the cultivation of land through any other person; or (c) conserves and preserves, severally or jointly, with any person any traditional variety of crops or adds value to the traditional variety through the selection and identification of their useful properties; ACT 634 - PROTECTION OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES ACT 2004 2. Interpretation.