The European Union has cleared gene-edited crops for broader use, aiming to help farmers fight drought and disease in a warming climate. But small-scale farmers are worried. The seeds will be expensive, and major biotech firms will control the patents and distribution. According to AgroParisTech researchers, this could deepen agricultural inequality, concentrating profit among industrial growers.

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