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Food for the few: neoliberal globalism and biotechnology in Latin America

edited by Gerardo Otero
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Neoliberal Globalism and the Biotechnology Revolution: Economic and Historical Context / Gerardo Otero
  • 2. Latin American Agriculture, Food, and Biotechnology: Temperate Dietary Pattern Adoption and Unsustainability / Gerardo Otero and Gabriela Pechlaner
  • 3. Exporting Crop Biotechnology: The Myth of Molecular Miracles / Kathy McAfee
  • 4. Biosafety Regulation and Global Governance: The Problem of Absentee Expertise in Latin America / Kees Jansen and Esther Roquas
  • 5. Unnatural Growth: The Political Economy of Biotechnology in Mexico / Manuel Poitras
  • 6. Importing Corn, Exporting Labor: The Neoliberal Corn Regime, GMOs, and the Erosion of Mexican Biodiversity / Elizabeth Fitting
  • 7. Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in North America: The Case of rBST in La Laguna, Mexico / Gerardo Otero, Manuel Poitras and Gabriela Pechlaner
  • 8. Genetically Modified Soybeans and the Crisis of Argentina's Agriculture Model / Miguel Teubal
  • 9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Conflict over Genetically Modified Crops / Wendy E. Jepson, Christian Brannstrom and Renato Stancato de Souza
  • 10. Brazilian Farmers at a Crossroads: Biotech Industrialization of Agriculture or New Alternatives for Family Farmers? / Shuji Hisano and Simone Altor
  • 11. Social Movements and Techno-Democracy: Reclaiming the Genetic Commons / Manuel Poitras
  • 12. Conclusion: Food for the Few? / Gerardo Otero and Gabriela Pechlaner.
Contributors:
Otero, Gerardo
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Subjects:
Agriculture — Economic aspects — Latin America
Agricultural biotechnology — Latin America
Farmers — Latin America
Produce trade — Latin America
Agriculture — Social aspects — Latin America
Agriculture — Economic aspects
Agriculture
Agricultural biotechnology
Farmers
Produce trade
Agriculture — Social aspects
Latin America
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:
xiii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:
HD1790.5 .F66 2008
ISBNs:
9780292717701 (cloth, alk. paper)
0292717709 (cloth, alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2007043301
OCLC Numbers:
179786759