Golden rice offers a glimpse of just how competitive things are in this industry: the new rice is being developed with the humanitarian aim of helping impoverished mothers and children, yet research work has been held up by more than 20 patent-related matters.
即便是打著救助貧苦婦女、病童的人道「黃金米」，都差點被卡死在二十幾個專利問題上而胎死腹中，這個產業的競爭白熱化可見一斑。