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These issues are orthogonal to GMO's.

Monopolies should be handled like any other: by anti-trust authorities. Banning a specific type of technology is a poor substitute.

Bananas are a monoculture due to the way they are propagated: they've been this way for over a century (and a single blight is currently wiping out the Cavendish variety that is ubiquitous in the USA).

What you are asking for is to make a system of polyculture profitable: this is a worthwhile endeavor but an entirely different challenge than fighting the use of gene splicing techniques.




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