Everyone pays the price as patent holders on seeds stifle innovation

Everyone pays the price as patent holders on seeds stifle innovation. The US is one of a handful of countries that allow patents on plant varieties.

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties. As a result, a small number of corporations can—and do—suppress competition in the seed industry, stifle innovation and turn taxpayer subsidies intended for farmers into corporate profits.

• Ponto de atenção: everyone.
• Ponto de atenção: pays.
• Ponto de atenção: price.

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