will just make food production be in the hands of few big companies.
The patent covers both the plants obtained from targeted mutagenesis (NGT) and from random mutagenesis (conventional breeding).
This is exactly what I meant by you need a strong legal framework.
This is the absolutly fucked part about monsanto. Them sueing people about seed blowing over fields and sprouting somewhere else. Or patenting seeds of plants found in the wild. How can that be legal :D
But again, this is a political problem not a GMO problem
compared to ancient wheat varieties like einkorn, emmer, khorasan, etc. Those do not need extra input, they can grow in poor soils and conditions, they have more minerals, vitamins and protein, they are easier to digest, they taste better.
But GMOs are the solution here, not the problem
We don’t have to breed desirable traits through decades. We can produce them in a couple of years in a lab. And way more specific compared to selective breeding.
Yes, I agree it could be used for the good, but I just don’t trust us humans to do just good and not be blinded by the profits. Just look at nuclear technology. You can use it for creating energy, or you can create bombs and arms. We are a fucked up species, and I just don’t trust us. There are so many dumb people in positions of power, there is no more natural selection in the world. I don’t mean a physical one, like in the animal kingdom(I would not be here probably). I mean dumb people survive, mostly. And they thrive!
This is exactly what I meant by you need a strong legal framework.
This is the absolutly fucked part about monsanto. Them sueing people about seed blowing over fields and sprouting somewhere else. Or patenting seeds of plants found in the wild. How can that be legal :D
But again, this is a political problem not a GMO problem
But GMOs are the solution here, not the problem
We don’t have to breed desirable traits through decades. We can produce them in a couple of years in a lab. And way more specific compared to selective breeding.
Yes, I agree it could be used for the good, but I just don’t trust us humans to do just good and not be blinded by the profits. Just look at nuclear technology. You can use it for creating energy, or you can create bombs and arms. We are a fucked up species, and I just don’t trust us. There are so many dumb people in positions of power, there is no more natural selection in the world. I don’t mean a physical one, like in the animal kingdom(I would not be here probably). I mean dumb people survive, mostly. And they thrive!