Seed privatization
Argentine farmers oppose bill that will extract royalties for re-planting of seeds
According to the new law that will be discussed in parliament on November 22, seed corporations such as Bayer-Monsanto and Syngenta would be authorized to collect royalties from the farmers even when the re-plant seeds from the previous harvest
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