" "It is not acceptable … that the farmers in our communities are robbed of the advantage they should get from the indigenous varieties."
India announced last month it is pursuing charges against Monsanto for "stealing" an indigenous crop — eggplant — and using it to create a modified version without permission, a violation of India’s decade-old Biological Diversity Act. It’s the first prosecution of a company for the act of "biopiracy" in the country, and possibly the world." #monsanto
Add a new word to your lexicon: Biopiracy. That’s what U.S.-based agribusiness giant Monsanto has been accused of in India, where the government is planning to charge the company with violating the …
