印度政府就轉基因茄子起訴孟山都

Indian Government Sues Monsanto over GM Eggplant
印度政府就轉基因茄子起訴孟山都
2012-01-12
The Indian government is suing Monsanto, charging that the biotechnology company is stealing Indian plants in order to genetically modify them and create products it can then patent and sell for profit.
印度政府正在起訴孟山都，控告該生物技術公司在竊取印度的植物，以圖基因改變它們和創造產品，然後它就可以申請專利和銷售獲利。
A public outcry arose when the corporate giant created a genetically modified variety of eggplant, a popular food plant native to India that exists in more than 2,000 varieties and is grown by millions of Indian farmers. Responding to public pressure, the government banned the Monsanto-created product, popularly dubbed a "Frankencrop," in 2010.
嘩然輿論出現當該企業巨頭創造一種轉基因品種的茄子，一種受歡迎的食品植物原產於印度，存在於2000多個品種，及由數百萬印度農民種植。回應公眾的壓力，政府禁制孟山都創造的產品，2010年時普遍地稱為“科學怪人作物”。
The government alleges that the company has continued to engage in acts of biopiracy, violating India's Biological Diversity Act by stealing indigenous crops and quietly growing them in test fields.
政府聲稱該公司繼續從事生物剽竊行為，違反印度的生物多樣性法，通過竊取土著作物和靜靜地在測試田種植。