Tiny as it is, a kernel of seed is no different than a mini biological computer. In it is all the genetic code, intellectual property containing billions of dollars of potential worth that, falling into the hands of an adversary, could give them control over the food production of a country and beyond.
One unmistakable adversary here is China, according to Ross Kennedy, a U.S.-based logistics and supply chain analyst at Fortis Analysis.
In that country, home to 1.4 billion people, “possessing the means to increase their own domestic food security is job number one,” he told NTD, an affiliate of The Epoch Times….