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Author
Publisher
New Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end, Hauter illustrates how solving this crisis will require...
4) Fighting for the future of food: activists versus agribusiness in the struggle over biotechnology
Author
Series
Social movements protest and contention volume 35
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Agricultural Finance is the only book which comprehensively deals with worldwide agriculture markets, spikes in agricultural commodity prices, trading strategies (CTAs and others), the agribusiness industry, the challenges of feeding the planet as well as the fascinating subjects of land, water, fertilizers, biofuels and ethanol. Given their importance to human life, cycles in agricultural commodity prices are very different from the likes of copper...
19) Building competitiveness in Africa's agriculture: a guide to value chain concepts and applications
Author
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English