Seeds

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Across
  1. 3. weapon of Agri corporations against innocent farmers whose crops were contaminated by genetically modified seeds planted on adjacent farms
  2. 7. needed to recuperate seeds
  3. 8. aim to control the food sector
  4. 10. central to reproducing the culture of life
  5. 15. resulted from the reformulation of chemicals that were used during WWII to become fertilizers and pesticides
  6. 17. means survival, being able to continue to produce
  7. 18. giver of life
  8. 19. ruled that microorganisms and microbiological processes can be patented
  9. 21. results from the loss of seed diversity
  10. 23. ability to move genes between cells, organisms, and species
  11. 24. resulted from the indebtedness of the farmers of India as a consequence of their shift to genetically modified cotton
Down
  1. 1. use less land, less water, and protect soil and ecosystem
  2. 2. evolved from heavy use of pesticides
  3. 4. the first three genetically modified seeds by Monsanto
  4. 5. guides indigenous communities in doing their local activities
  5. 6. considered to feed 70% of the world's population
  6. 9. starting point for creating and sustaining local seed banks
  7. 11. whole basis of agriculture
  8. 12. right to define one's own food system
  9. 13. replaced the diverse crop production of farmers
  10. 14. lose vitality in their second and third seasons
  11. 16. custodians of seeds
  12. 18. important element of traditional ecological knowledge system particularly about seeds
  13. 20. aim of farmers for breeding seeds
  14. 22. are at the center of indigenous farmers' rituals