Green Revolution - (CUSAT) â Plant Biotechnology laboratory
Green Revolution - (CUSAT) â Plant Biotechnology laboratory
Green Revolution - (CUSAT) â Plant Biotechnology laboratory
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• Centers on privately owned technologies —GM plants.• 6 multinationals :BASF <strong>Plant</strong> Science, Bayer CropScience, Dow, Dupont, Monsanto and Syngenta —control research ,their products and research methodsshackled in patents.• Private goods accessed at significant cost: a bag of 'Bt'GM cotton seeds by Monsanto-Mahyco costs US$41 inIndia, compared to US$6.60-8.80 for superior localvarieties.• 'Terminator' seeds-sterile adult plants, reduce farmers tohelpless consumers — not partners, as they were duringthe <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong>.
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