Seed patents: the industry’s great manoeuvres
Over the last two decades, biotechnology has disrupted intellectual property issues, particularly in the field of seeds. The major agrochemical companies dominate the so-called abiotic stress-resistant varieties, accumulating a large share of patents. This monopoly is giving rise to ethical and economic concerns, at a time when new genomic techniques promise to solve food crises.
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