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news Seed monopolies: Who controls the world s food supply? dw.com 3 hrs ago Charli Shield Seed laws criminalizing farmers for using diverse crops that stand a better chance of adapting to climate change are threatening food security. Seed sovereignty activists want to reclaim the right to plant. © Frank May/dpa/picture alliance More than half of the global seed market is in the hands of just a few corporations For thousands of years of human agriculture, the intrinsic nature of a seed the capacity to reproduce itself prevented it from being easily commodified. Grown and resown by farmers, seeds were freely exchanged and shared.

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