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Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Indian Seed Industry.

The paper examines the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Indian seed industry. The data used in the study have been taken form the reputed published sources. The study brought out that as long as India farmer continues to be grain producer and does not convert himself into a ‘commercial...

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Main Author: Verma, Sangeeta and Sidhu, M.S
Format: Journal Article
Published: MAN AND DEVELOPMENT 2009
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