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Patents serve the same purpose in farming as they do elsewhere: it makes it worthwhile for companies to invest the hundreds of millions of dollars it costs to d
by kiba 13y ago
Patents serve the same purpose in farming as they do elsewhere: it makes it worthwhile for companies to invest the hundreds of millions of dollars it costs to drive crop yields ever higher.
This rest on the assumption that the patent system is the best way to structure a market and incentivize agricultural R&D.
- svenkatesh 13y agoWhat, in your opinion, is the best way to structure a market and incentivize agricultural R&D?
- mpyne 13y agoMore accurately, it rests on the assumption that the patent system actually available now is the best way to structure this market activity. But I don't see GMO opponents offering better incentive structures, I see them making up non-scientific arguments that make no sense.