Agriculture stakeholders have stressed the need for more independent consulting and training for farmers, which they say is needed to help reduce pesticide use and break the influence of 'big industry' cooperatives that sell products to farmers.
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Digital biopiracy will be a key sticking point at biodiversity talks in Montreal, as developing countries increasingly call on richer nations to share the profits from breakthroughs based on their natural resources.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential election frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favors reopening talks on a stalled European Union trade deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur to add provisions on environmental protection, human rights and technology, a senior foreign policy adviser said.