ETC's reports and articles

Terminating Food Security?
The Terminator technology that sterilizes seed also threatens the food security of 1.4 billion people and must be terminated 14 May 1998
Inter-American Foundation Strays into an Intellectual Property Minefield
14 May 1998
Harvard Oncomouse (and all Mammals) Still Not Patentable in Canada
29 Apr 1998
Monsanto Takes Terminator
Its Now or Never for Agricultural Biodiversity in Bratislava 31 Mar 1998
Terminator Technology Targets Farmers
New Genetic Technology Aims to Prevent Farmers from Saving Seed 31 Mar 1998
Basmati Rice Patent
The (Merchant) Prince and the (Punjabi) Paupers 30 Mar 1998
US Patent on New Genetic Technology Will Prevent Farmers from Saving Seed
29 Mar 1998
Aussies Pirate
International Confusion, Anger Greet Australian Kleptomania of Farmers' Plant Varieties from other Countries. 14 Mar 1998
Toward a Global Moratorium on Plant Monopolies
UN FAO, CGIAR Move to Defend Farmers' Rights, Crop Germplasm; Call for Plant "Patent" Moratorium on CG Seeds 14 Mar 1998
International Research Centre (ICARDA) Breaks Trust
Allows Australians to "Patent" Plants Supposedly Held in Trust for Farmers 28 Feb 1998
Australians Abandon 2 Plant Patent "Claims"
But many questions remain ... and the fate of 26 other claims are in doubt 14 Feb 1998
Pinning the Tail on the Ostrich: The Australian PBR Scandal
UPOV Buries it Head; PBR Moratorium Page 31 Jan 1998
Recent Australian Claims to Indian and Iranian Chickpeas Countered by NGOs and ICRISAT
Or, how to "invent" a chickpea without really trying 14 Jan 1998
Human Nature - Agricultural Biodiversity and Farm-Based Food Security
An independent study prepared by RAFI, now ETC group, for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization 29 Dec 1997
The Life Industry 1997: The Global Enterprises that Dominate
30 Nov 1997

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