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Explanation:

Adverse consequences of biotechnology will mostly affect the end-user- the farmers. As the author puts in the second paragraph- “On the other hand, high-pressure advertising and aggressive sales campaigns by private companies can seduce farmers into accepting varieties without being aware of potential adverse effects and the possibility of disastrous consequences for their livelihood if these varieties happen to fail. There is no provision under the laws, as they now exist, for compensating users against such eventualities.” Therefore, if laws exist as mentioned in option 4, the users may benefit.
 The agribusiness MNCs have been lobbying for an IPR regime, so, they would be more interested in ‘marketing’ profitable products than highlighting adverse consequences. Therefore, options 1 and 2 can be ruled out.
Option 3 mentions patenting innovations but that has not been given as a solution or as providing an incentive to address the problem of potential consequences of biotechnology. Thus, we can do away with option 3.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.