Vandana Shiva says that most patents taken by corporations are based on bio-piracy. “They patented the neem and we had to fight that for 11 years. They patented the basmati which comes from my valley in Dehradun, we fought that. Monsanto patented an old wheat variety with low gluten or no gluten we had to fight that. There are 900 patents on Indian Ayurvedic knowledge and plants, we are talking about a major theft of our traditional knowledge and biodiversity.”

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Environmental activist Vandana Shiva says the real motives behind GMOs are the patents and royalties that come with it …read more