BrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agoSuper crops are coming: Is Europe ready for a new generation of gene-edited plants?www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkSuper crops are coming: Is Europe ready for a new generation of gene-edited plants?www.politico.euBrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews
minus-squareRentlar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoMy only worry is biotech companies expecting royalties or something from “their gene” of crop at every harvest. The genetic modification company’s ownership/patent of their seed product should end as soon as it is in the ground.
minus-squareHedup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not a farmer and I am wondering how can they enforce such copyright?
minus-squareRentlar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere was this famous case between a Saskatchewan farmer and Monsanto. Unfortunately he died at the age of 89.
minus-squarefruitywelshlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThis is not the case in the US, and it causes lots of damages to farmers how get their fields polluted with proprietary genes.
My only worry is biotech companies expecting royalties or something from “their gene” of crop at every harvest.
The genetic modification company’s ownership/patent of their seed product should end as soon as it is in the ground.
I’m not a farmer and I am wondering how can they enforce such copyright?
There was this famous case between a Saskatchewan farmer and Monsanto. Unfortunately he died at the age of 89.
This is not the case in the US, and it causes lots of damages to farmers how get their fields polluted with proprietary genes.