Biotechnology multinationals, which already hold 40% of the world seed market, are trying to strengthen their monopoly and threaten food security, says a report published on 20 October by seed, environmental and consumer NGOs.
For example, Corteva (formerly Pioneer Dupont) holds a patent for a process that modifies the genome of a cell using the CRISPR technique and claims intellectual property rights over all cells, seeds and plants that include the same genetic information, whether in...