| Summary: | The importance of IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights) in enhancing investment in research related to crop biotechnology is explored through an updated review of the evidence related to canola in Canada. Relevant past work on the rise of private investment in canola is examined and recent updates are presented. The case for continued public investment in crop research even for a crop with significant IPR protection is discussed theoretically and recent and past evidence related to this theory is explored. The benefit of the biotechnology applied to canola to farmers, to plant breeders, to the health of Canadians and to the environment are examined and confirmed
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