种子条约背后的动因是恐惧“生物剽窃 ” — —即农业种子公司偷盗世界遗传资源，然后要求对其申请专利并行使垄断控制。
The Seed Treaty was motivated by fear of “biopiracy” – the pilfering of the world’s genetic resources by agricultural seed companies, which could then claim patents on them and wield monopoly control.