Kinsman, John2017-05-172017-05-171994https://hdl.handle.net/1813/49803We need to take responsibility for the long-term problems following shortsighted decisions on patenting life forms and intellectual property rights. Farmers in this country and around the world are being pushed off their land in record numbers. A serious problem is the growing sentiment to cut funding for public research. Legislators are responding by proposing deep cuts in public funding while our country needs more public funding for research, not less.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalAgricultural biotechnologyintellectual property rightsIPRgene transfergenetic engineeringgenum mappingpatentsresearch exemptionstakeholder rights,book chapter