What do you mean by Biopiracy. Explain it. nd ans soon.....

When the indigenous knowledge of nature acquired by the indigenous people is used commercially by others without the permission of the original inventor or the indigenous people, the situation is termed as biopiracy.

For example, basmati is a type of fragrant rice variety grown in India. But some US based company crossed this Indian basmati rice with their local variety and produced Texmati – a new American fragrant rice variety and is used commercially.

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