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Many of us that are considered anti gmo are more anti patent for food genes rather than of anti gmo. The developing world mostly has agricultural economy now We
by xbmcuser 7y ago
Many of us that are considered anti gmo are more anti patent for food genes rather than of anti gmo. The developing world mostly has agricultural economy now Western companies are trying to horn in that as well. A few years ago an American company tried to patent and stop Pakistan and India from selling a rice variety called Basmati by modifing it genes and trying to patent it. When its come to gmo the trust deficit in rest of the world is not just about the science but of the western companies and their patents.
- yoube 7y agoThen don't call yourselves anti-GMO?
- xbmcuser 7y agoI didn't say we were anti-gmo rather we are labeled as anti-gmo despite our reservations being about the patenting systems rather than the science.
- howlin 7y agoLiterally all of the problems you mentioned existed before GMO was a thing. Companies have been patenting varietals since the 1930's. Patent trolling in agriculture is also quite old. E.g. the yellow bean patent debacle: https://www.nature.com/news/2008/080507/full/453145b.html https://www.nature.com/news/2008/080507/full/453145b.html GMO is tangentially related but few of the biggest overreaches in agricultural IP are directly tied to them.