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Originally Posted by Pancrazio
But to propagate a patented plant without permits is forbidden. And a patent holder usually don't care if you do it for eating, selling or whatever reason. They are CEOs and are supposed to do the interest of shareholders, otherwise they lose their jobs.
To this date, I don't recall many instances where GMO patents have been gifted to people in need to help them with their food supplies.
Well if they want to help the poor, instead of creating a new GMO banana with added vitamin A, why they don't create a program to import and acclimate australimusa in africa? This would be truly a great thing to do. Will increase crop diversity, and solve the problem of vitamin A.... but australimusa aren't patented. Too bad. They can't make money on them.... so, who cares?
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Fe'i are finicky and have a more limited range of climates they do well in. They are also totally different than other bananas and plantains and are less likely to be acceptable to a given population.
Golden Rice is one example where the plan is for it to be given away. GMO papaya here in Hawaii saved the papaya industry, was funded by taxpayers and was given to whoever wanted it for free.
GM is just a technology and not some huge evil. Like any other technology it holds great promise and is not inherently something done solely for profit and control of food production. As for not being able to patent a plant, there are many millions of people around the world making their livings off plants that aren't patented. Dole bananas aren't patented, they're Williams. So is nobody making money off them?