In a joint position paper, the German organic producer, Bioland, together with a score of organizations, is calling for significant restrictions regarding patents on seeds. As stated in the position paper, the signatories are calling for patents on plants obtained from conventional breeding (random mutagenesis) to be prohibited, as well as on plants obtained from new genetic engineering (NGTs) if their characteristics also occur in nature. In addition, they propose a general exclusion from pa...
