The Argentine Congress workers debate a bill that will restrict the use of some seeds . Rural workers say the initiative favours multinationals . The bill has met objections from 300 human rights , environmental , rural and indigenous groups . It is controversial because it restricts rural workers from using seeds from previous harvests without paying royalties . This means multinational agricultural companies will pay royalties each time their seeds are reused . Currently , 80 % of transgenic seeds and 60 % of all seeds are consumed by farmers - Monsanto , ChemChina - Syngenta , Corteva ( DowDuPont ) and BASF . The debate has been delayed but is expected to happen before the end of 2018 .
The Argentine Congress will debate a bill that will limit the use of some seeds. Rural workers say the initiative favours multinationals. The bill has met objections from 300 human rights, environmental, rural and indigenous groups. It is controversial because it restricts rural workers from using seeds from previous harvests without paying royalties. This means multinational agricultural companies will earn royalties each time their seeds are reused. Currently, 90% of transgenic seeds and 60% of all seeds are produced by Bayer-Monsanto, ChemChina-Syngenta, Corteva (DowDuPont) and BASF. The debate has been delayed but is expected to happen before the end of 2018.