[amc]
- From: "Micheal McEvoy" <mac.fhiodhbhuidhe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:38:49 -0600
From Grain:
The big players in the world seed industry are grumbling about
loopholes in the plant variety protection system, which was the
alternative to patenting that they set up in the 1960s. The Europeans
want to get rid of farmers' limited entitlement to save seed. The
Americans want to
restrict the exemption by which breeders have the free use of each
other's commercial varieties for research purposes. In both cases, the
point is to reduce competition and boost profits. In the short term,
the victims will be farmers, who will probably end up paying the seed
giants an additional US$7 billion each year. But in the long run, we
will all lose from the growing corporate stranglehold over our food
systems. This briefing traces the recent discussions within the seed
industry and explores what will happen if a plant variety right
becomes virtually indistinguishable from a patent.
http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=202
Shalom,
Micheal
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Mícheál Mc Evoy
mac.fhiodhbhuidhe@xxxxxxxxx
Níl eagla orm roimh éinne ach Dia amhain
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