French farmers will have to pay to use their own seeds
'Compulsory voluntary contribution' to seed companies extended to 20 more types of crops, and use of saved seeds for other crops banned

Bolis, Angela

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/03/france-farming-seeds?INTCMP=SRCH
Date Written: 2012-01-03
Publisher: The Guardian
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article

French government to begin cracking down on enforcing plant breeders' rights -- farmers will have to pay to use farm-saved seed.

French farmers will have to pay to use their own seeds'Compulsory voluntary contribution' to seed companies extended to 20 more types of crops, and use of saved seeds for other crops banned