The patenting of life, limiting liberty, and the corporate pursuit of seeds / Ali M. Nizamuddin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780739190814
- 0739190814
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
- Seed industry and trade -- Developing countries
- Transgenic plants -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
- Seed technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
- Genetically modified foods -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Seed industry and trade
- Developing countries
- 338.1/7 23
- HD1417
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Biotechnology and the corporate pursuit of seeds -- Multinational corporations -- Seed corporations: history, activities, and impact -- India -- China -- Brazil and Argentina -- Conclusion.
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This book examines the impact of genetically modified seeds on traditional societies and the corporate monopolization of the world's food supply. The time-honored practice of reclaiming and replanting the seed has become a crime, thereby fostering a feudalistic relationship of perpetual dependence on the corporation.
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