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Genetic origin in food and agriculture difficult to identify, say seed treaty officials
Geneva, Switzerland
February 8, 2013
Source: Intellectual Property Watch
By Catherine Saez
Global food security lies in the capacity to access and contribute to a wide pool of genetic material, the chair of the United Nations treaty on plant genetic material said on the margin of this week’s World Intellectual Property Organization meeting on the protection of genetic resources. But the origin of this genetic material is often impossible to determine, particularly for crops, the treaty secretary said.
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