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  • Mounting criticism of patents on seeds

    Joint position paper agreed by German farmer and plant breeder organisations, church institutions and organic farming representatives

    In a joint position paper, the German Farmers' Association (DBV), the Federal Association of German Plant Breeders (BDP), the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD), the Catholic Rural People´s Movement, the Catholic Rural Youth of Germany (KLJB), the Federation of Organic Food Producers (BÖLW), the German Dairy Farmers' Association (BDM) and the organic producer, Bioland, are calling for significant restrictions in regard to patents on seeds.

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