Seeds of Market Power: The Intellectual Property-Antitrust Interface in Seed and Biotech Markets. KU Leuven
During the past decades concentration in several global agricultural input industries, colloquially referred to as the agribusiness industry or 'agribusiness', has risen significantly. This had led to six large firms - BASF, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Monsanto and Syngenta (known as the 'Big Six') - dominating most of the agribusiness markets, in particular the markets for seeds and agrochemicals. Since mid-2016, three major mergers ...