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Yoked to death : Globalisation and corporate control of agriculture

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Publication details: New Delhi RFSTE 2001Description: 58pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1 SHI SHI
Contents:
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; References:
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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;
References: