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Author Nizamuddin, Ali M

Title The patenting of life, limiting liberty, and the corporate pursuit of seeds / Ali M. Nizamuddin
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 243 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject 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
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021675991
ISBN 9780739190814
0739190814
9780739190814