Brazil farmers group asks court to cancel Monsanto GMO soybean seed patent

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Soybean growers in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest producing state, have asked a court to cancel Monsanto’s Intacta RR2 PRO patent claiming irregularities, including the company’s alleged failure to prove it brings de facto technological innovation.

The Mato Grosso branch of Aprosoja, the association representing the growers that filed the lawsuit at a federal court….

Mato Grosso farmers are leading a push in Brazil to replace genetically modified soybeans with non-GM seeds.

“Aprosoja is not against innovation or paying for intellectual property,” its head Endrigo Dalcin said, but added that farmers should not have to pay for technology that is protected by what it claims to be an invalid patent.

With about 53 percent of Brazil’s soy area planted with Intacta technology in the 2016/17 crop cycle, Monsanto is a dominant force, Aprosoja says, citing data from consultancy Agroconsult.

Some 40 percent of the country’s area is grown with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seed technology and only 7 percent is non-GM, the data showed.

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: Brazil soy growers ask court to cancel Monsanto’s Intacta patent

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