The "legal" pressures of seed companies on agriculture

[Christophe]

Without comment (for now)

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[izentrop]

They seem to be misinformed by what a knowledgeable person says:

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[yves35]

Hello,

http://www.gnis.fr/
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupemen ... _et_plants

yves

[Obamot]

There are some (not many) who would have to cut the crap to prevent procreation ...

That way they would quickly and better understand the problem of sowing and living and that it should not be possible to be allowed to belong to private companies to make money in these forms of wild capitalism.

Decidedly: banks and finance, insurance, medicine, agribusiness, energy, livestock, pharma, transport, there are many areas where everything will have to be shaved to rebuild ...

[Janic]

in the right line of this subject! France 5 yesterday had a documentary on seed companies in India (and the plethora of phytosanitary products that necessarily accompany them) and a small group harvests rustic varieties in the most remote places and distributes them to farmers who want to get rid of these Bayer , Monsanto and Co. which costs them dearly, and the rice that will grow from these seeds does not require any treatment product.
But like who you know would say: "I prefer what scientists say"... to orders of course!
It was also released Sunday 25-09-2016
http://www.france5.fr/emission/le-riz-t ... 2016-20h45

[Christophe]

They seem to be misinformed, according to a knowledgeable person

Do you call that "knowledgeable"? Well...
Obviously this Corentin is completely "independent and impartial"

I was able to read again 2 times his comment I still do not understand: he means what? That the multinationals could not put pressure on a body under state trusteeship? She is good!

Then the spelling errors (seeded ... hum hum when we are in training at Semences de France ???) and the emphasis on the "interprofessional" in capital letters, I don't understand ...

The wiki page gives:

The GNIS is criticized by movements (especially of alternative agriculture such as volunteer sowers) that challenge the choices made in the governance of domestic biodiversity. They believe that the current way of managing seed diversity weakens rather than preserves it.

[Christophe]

But you are right: there is indeed a false information in this testimony (the error on the GNIS is largely excusable) because it says that we all have a share of responsibility about "ugly vegetables" that we would not buy .

Well I do not agree because the ugly vegetables have disappeared from the stalls (supermarkets at least) years ago! It is therefore the responsibility of the distributors essentially!

Certain old varieties are nevertheless beginning to return to certain brands (coeur de beauf, black Crimea ...) occasionally and with less classification in the "look" and for good reason the "conventional" varieties were selected for their "uniformity in their form".

By cons they are not very cheap (in the range of 3 4 € kg ...) compared to other tomatoes ... but hey it's another debate!

[Janic]

By cons they are not very cheap (in the range of 3 4 € kg ...) compared to other tomatoes ... but hey it's another debate!

if they are the ugly ones: why should they be at a different price? From a biological and organoleptic point of view, they are no different from well-formed ones. If they are hardy varieties, production is generally less than "industrial" tomatoes, and therefore the price is affected. But it is a question of choosing between tomatoes with a fleet flavor and others that are more fruity.