The Seed Industry has evolved in a multibillion dollars industry, thanks to pioneering researches in biotechnology and genetics. The annual size of the seed industry, approximated to be US $ 21 billion, makes it a very lucrative and potentially ripe field for multinational agricultural corporations and individuals alike.
Presently world's commercial seed sales are equally divided between individual firms and top 10 multinationals. However the multinationals are rapidly gaining control over this market due to their substantial resources and capacity to undertake long term research and development projects in biotechnology and bio-engineering.
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