"PepsiCo is India's largest process grade potato buyer and amongst the first companies to work with thousands of local farmers to grow a specific protected variety of potatoes for it," a representative told CNN."In this instance, we took judicial recourse against people who were illegally dealing in our registered variety."
PepsiCo says it has given permission to several hundred Indian farmers to grow the special potato but not to the farmers in the lawsuit. Two of the farmers are named as Fulchand Kachchhawa and Suresh Kachchhawa, both from near the city of Deesa, north of Ahmedabad in Gujarat.PepsiCo says the growing of FL-2027 without permission is a rights infringement under Section 64 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001.
One of the signatories, Kapil Shah of the advocacy group Jatan, told CNN that PepsiCo's actions were"against food sovereignty" and the"sovereignty of the nation."The case is set to be heard in Ahmedabad District Court on Friday.
See how capitalism is made up of bullies
See how capitalism is made up of bullys
No more walkers_crisps for me
Would that be Joe Simplot?
Morally bankrupt
If he has made Patent for Lay Chips then it's likely he would win the case. If he hasn't made Patent, then he would lose it.
ashishchauhan no food should be copyrighted to the detriment of poor people in any country, lay's should hang their heads in shame , boycott, springs to mind
That's ridiculous.
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For shame!
insanity!!! boycott pepsi!!!!!!
Sensitive topic? People may get pissed due to this lawsuit and may stop buying Pepsi products all together✌️
Ludicrous !
You cannot have exclusive rights over a crop, that’s just silly.
Food Terror - Real War
What kind of bullshit is that!!
A $177 Billion owner of Lays chips Is suing the farmers for $143,000. !?!!!!
Boycott PepsiCo products. Organise street level awareness and agitation.
Those 🇷🇺🐸🐘guys want to destroy food crops around the globe, genetically modify and create new ones, claim patents in order to own plant and grain supplies the world over?👇😂
Wait what
How can that be even a possibility? Where did that giant company got even the right to use the potato in such a way.
lays : 'those farmers cost us 0.000000012% of our earings this is a grave injustice of human rights'
I agree with Pepsi and the farmers they licensed the variety to.
A 177 bn $ company thinks they have been fooled by farmers? Nope not a chance!
faheem_kpk Best is to boycott PepsiCo!!!
pepsi PKMKB
This is my problem with GMO. It's not the GMO itself which I see as necessary, it is the ownership of the variant that is the issue.
LAYS Absolutely despicable- this sort of disgusting behaviour will be dealt by karma....
This is totally insane.
PepsiCo they are small farmers growing in 2-3 acres land.. And we do have right to grow in our farmland. If you sue our farmers we will boycottpepsico
This is so bad. You can't sue farmers those earn very less.
Business insiders become nothing more than a socialist propaganda machine for the radical left
WTF PepsiCo? I will make sure to not buy any of your products.
No one corporation has ownership of food 😩
Greed at its best
Elizabeth Warren needs to pull her head in
Wow
Wtf!!