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Hungry corporations : Transnational biotech companies colonise the food grwoth

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London Zed Books 2003Description: 242p xivISBN:
  • 1842773003
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.8 PAU PAU
Contents:
Contents; List of Tables and Boxes List of Abbreviations About the Authors and Organisations Acknowledgements 1.In the Name of Hunger: Paving the Road to Biotech Agriculture Prologue The green revolution From green revolution to gene revolution Economic globalisation and debt creation Free trade and its inconsistencies 2 Corporations: from Royal Charters to Biotech Gold Rush A brief history of the corporation Factors in the growth of the biotechnology industry The extension of patents to genes, cells and organisms 'Independent' research companies A new gold rush: the run on genes and genomes 3 Image Control: Manipulation and Public Relations Growth and consolidation of the public relations industry Cleaning the corporate image Corporate mind control Helping hands 4 Consolidation, Contamination and Loss of Diversity: the Biotech Dream Takes Hold The life science concept Consolidation in the agrochemical industries Consolidation in the seed industry Loss of agricultural diversity: Seminis and Savia GM contamination: plot or blunder? 5 The Main International Players and Corporate Influence The World Bank The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) International foundations International organisations promoting biotechnology Universities and research institutes 6 Corporate Influence on International Regulatory Bodies Corporate influence at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Transatlantic Business Dialogue (T ABO) The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Codex Alimentarius: UN body for food standards The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 7 Government Legislation and Corporate Influence Exerting influence worldwide US legislation European Union legislation Central and Eastern Europe: a corporate paradise 8 Opening Up the South GM crops worldwide Agricultural research and development Promoting technology to farmers Micro-credit agencies Binding the farmer to the corporation Lack of choice for farmers Argentina: the cost of complying with US pressure Preparing the ground for GM The struggle for Africa's agriculture Resistance in the South ConTil!: Monsanto's brand of sustainable development 9 Conclusion: Summing Up and Moving On Index
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Contents;
List of Tables and Boxes
List of Abbreviations
About the Authors and Organisations
Acknowledgements
1.In the Name of Hunger: Paving the Road to Biotech Agriculture
Prologue
The green revolution
From green revolution to gene revolution
Economic globalisation and debt creation
Free trade and its inconsistencies
2 Corporations: from Royal Charters to Biotech Gold Rush
A brief history of the corporation
Factors in the growth of the biotechnology industry
The extension of patents to genes, cells and organisms
'Independent' research companies
A new gold rush: the run on genes and genomes
3 Image Control: Manipulation and Public Relations
Growth and consolidation of the public relations industry
Cleaning the corporate image
Corporate mind control
Helping hands
4 Consolidation, Contamination and Loss of Diversity: the Biotech Dream Takes Hold
The life science concept
Consolidation in the agrochemical industries
Consolidation in the seed industry
Loss of agricultural diversity: Seminis and Savia
GM contamination: plot or blunder?
5 The Main International Players and Corporate Influence
The World Bank
The Consultative Group for International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR)
International foundations
International organisations promoting biotechnology
Universities and research institutes
6 Corporate Influence on International Regulatory Bodies
Corporate influence at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Transatlantic Business Dialogue (T ABO)
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Codex Alimentarius: UN body for food standards
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
7 Government Legislation and Corporate Influence
Exerting influence worldwide
US legislation
European Union legislation
Central and Eastern Europe: a corporate paradise
8 Opening Up the South
GM crops worldwide
Agricultural research and development
Promoting technology to farmers
Micro-credit agencies
Binding the farmer to the corporation
Lack of choice for farmers
Argentina: the cost of complying with US pressure
Preparing the ground for GM
The struggle for Africa's agriculture
Resistance in the South
ConTil!: Monsanto's brand of sustainable development
9 Conclusion: Summing Up and Moving On
Index