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Shiva Vandana

Yoked to death : Globalisation and corporate control of agriculture - New Delhi RFSTE 2001 - 58p

Contents;
INTRODUCTION;
Globalisation Myths in Food and Agriculture: Pseudo Productivity, Pseudo Competition & Pseudo Surpluses;
Chapter.1.;
Globalisation of Non-sustainability: Pseudo Productivity and the Myth of Efficiency;
1.1 High Labour productivity, Low Resource Productivity;
1.2 High Yield, Low Output;
1.3 Large in Wasteful, Small is Efficient;
Chapter.2.;
Globalisation of Corporate Control of Agriculture:Pseudo Competition and the Emergence of Monopolies;
2.1 Grain Giants, Monopoly Control over Food, and the Crisis of Low Farm Prices ;
2.2 Removal of Agricultural Support: Exit FCI, Enter Cargill ;
2.3 Agricultural Subsidies and the Myth of the Level Playing Field ;
2.4 Removal of Quantitative Restrictions and the Myth of Competition;
2.5 Pseudo Competition ;
PTER 3;
Globalisation of Food Insecurity:
3.1 Pseudosurpluses and the Growth of Hunger;
3.2 Price Polarisation: Low Farm Prices, High Food Costs;
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Globalisation - Impact - Indian Agriculture2. Corporate Control - Agricutlure - Impact - Food - Farming

Dewey Class. No.: 338.1 SHI / SHI