Re: Monsanto takes Seminis Seeds: US outlaws seed saving by Iraq farmers

**Michael Yount c*@moscow.com**

On 26 Jan 10:34, chelseaxmolli wrote:
> -------forwarded message----
> there is nothing in it that I saw that disallows farmers from 
> continuing to exchange seed and planting materials from non-patent seeds.
>
> http://www.export.gov/iraq/pdf/cpa_order_81.pdf

Article 15, paragraph B (on page 22 of the PDF file) states:

"Farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds of protected varieties
or any variety mentioned in items 1 and 2 of paragraph (C) of Article 14
of this Chapter."

GRAIN's full report, of which we saw an excerpt earlier, is available at
  <http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=6>

The report seems to imply that patented varieties are more readily
available in Iraq than locally adapted varieties.  Do the farmers have a
choice?

Michael

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