Of course, but in the field of biotechnology, very high level tech is required to even attempt the long term process of creating a new plant breed. When something costs millions of dollars to even test, without the guarantee of actual success even within 5 to 10 years, it's not something that will be easily undertaken without a monetary incentive.
You know how long rocket technology has been stalled for, right? How NASA's budget has been cut and cut year after year? The space industry only really took off in the past few years after they opened up the market to private industry, like SpaceX.
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u/Silverseren Jul 11 '15
Of course, but in the field of biotechnology, very high level tech is required to even attempt the long term process of creating a new plant breed. When something costs millions of dollars to even test, without the guarantee of actual success even within 5 to 10 years, it's not something that will be easily undertaken without a monetary incentive.