
Indonesian farmers in Kediri regency have been punished for the breeding and stealing of seeds.
According to a report by asianfarmers.org, since 2003 around 10 peasant farmers have been sued or jailed after accusations by seed company PT BISI (Benih Inti Subur Intani) of illegal breeding and theft of seed. Other reports put the figure much higher.
The Aliansi Petani Indonesia (API) has been documenting the cases of its peasant members, whose case was recently presented during the workshop of the Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) in Indonesia last month. Presented to the workshop by East Java Research and Development Coordinator Dawud, the cases show the serious problems associated with corporate monopolies over seed in regional and traditional farming communities.
According to the Case Documentation by Hira Jhamtani (Third World Netw

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