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On what Indian bioresource, did Vandana Shiva's efforts got the patent cancelled?
On what Indian bioresource, did Vandana Shiva's efforts got the patent cancelled?
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The correct option is C Insecticides from Neem
In 1971, a timber company in the United States figured out that the neem tree's benefit as a pesticide and began planting neem tree seeds. He received a patent on it and in 1988, sold the patent to the US based company W.R. Grace. In 1992, W.R. Grace secured its rights to the formula that used the emulsion from the Neem tree's seeds to make a powerful pesticide. It also began suing Indian companies for making the emulsion. The Indians and members of the Green Party in the European Union oppose big businesses owning the rights to living organisms, otherwise known as biopiracy because they believe that the rights of poor farmers in developing countries will be harmed. According to Vandana Shiva, the director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in India, the patent of agricultural and pharmaceutical inventions had already been accomplished by generations of anonymous, Indian experimenters.
In 1971, a timber company in the United States figured out that the neem tree's benefit as a pesticide and began planting neem tree seeds. He received a patent on it and in 1988, sold the patent to the US based company W.R. Grace. In 1992, W.R. Grace secured its rights to the formula that used the emulsion from the Neem tree's seeds to make a powerful pesticide. It also began suing Indian companies for making the emulsion. The Indians and members of the Green Party in the European Union oppose big businesses owning the rights to living organisms, otherwise known as biopiracy because they believe that the rights of poor farmers in developing countries will be harmed. According to Vandana Shiva, the director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy in India, the patent of agricultural and pharmaceutical inventions had already been accomplished by generations of anonymous, Indian experimenters.
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