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The patenting of life, limiting liberty, and the corporate pursuit of seeds / Ali M. Nizamuddin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739190814
  • 0739190814
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The patenting of life, limiting liberty, and the corporate pursuit of seedsDDC classification:
  • 338.1/7 23
LOC classification:
  • HD1417
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Contents:
Introduction -- Biotechnology and the corporate pursuit of seeds -- Multinational corporations -- Seed corporations: history, activities, and impact -- India -- China -- Brazil and Argentina -- Conclusion.
Summary: 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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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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