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2009-09-09 | permalink
War over new seed variety bill in Chile
Environmental organisations, organic farmers and indigenous people in Chile are opposed to a draft law that would expands the rights of the developers of new varieties of plants, while the government and seed companies argue that there will be no negative impacts on small farmers and biodiversity. [...] Another draft law being considered by parliament, to which the organisations are also opposed, is aimed at completely liberalising GM crops.
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2009-09-09 | permalink
War over new seed variety bill in Chile
Environmental organisations, organic farmers and indigenous people in Chile are opposed to a draft law that would expands the rights of the developers of new varieties of plants, while the government and seed companies argue that there will be no negative impacts on small farmers and biodiversity. [...] Another draft law being considered by parliament, to which the organisations are also opposed, is aimed at completely liberalising GM crops.
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