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Re:As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMO rages by hgsgm on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:24PM (#35031689)
The point is that enough UK farmers do save seeds, that the UK government feels it important to charge them royalty fees. So apparently the seeds work.
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Re:As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMO rages by bluGill on Sunday March 05, 2023 @06:59PM (#35035652)
The seeds work. They just don't work as well. Sometimes you can sell heritage crops for more and it works out. Not all crops of hybrid variants so there is it makes sense to save seeds.

I have no idea what the UK is trying to accomplish with that paperwork, so I can't comment on it.

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