21.   Plant varieties unknown or inaccessible to the outside world during the Cold War are coming to light in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

22.   Local plant varieties were often displaced.

23.   Scientists are using cutting-edge genetic engineering, as well as naturally occurring old plant varieties.

24.   The other side says the Third World already benefits from the new plant varieties and medicines developed by the scientists of industrial nations.

25.   These include laws relating to neighbouring rights, industrial design, plant varieties and layout design of integrated circuits.

26.   Throughout this century, mass seed breeding and commercial farming have contributed to the reduction of plant variety, the study says.