India, Oct. 16 -- New report by GRAIN warns of growing corporate control over seeds via free trade agreements.

Powerful economies - including the US, EU, Japan and the UAE - are pushing harsh IP rules on plant varieties.

The UAE emerges as a new player promoting UPOV 1991 standards in trade deals with Asia and Africa.

Farmers' rights to save, exchange and reuse seeds are being undermined globally.

GRAIN's interactive map tracks two decades of trade deals enforcing restrictive seed laws.

A new report has found that free trade agreements (FTA) are increasingly being used by rich countries to impose harsh intellectual property (IP) rules on seeds and biodiversity, threatening the rights of farmers and accelerating corporate control over...