Food for the Few : : Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America /

Food for the Few : : Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America / / ed. by Gerardo Otero.

Show other versions (1)

Recent decades have seen tremendous changes in Latin America's agricultural sector, resulting from a broad program of liberalization instigated under pressure from the United States, the IMF, and the World Bank. Tariffs have been lifted, agricultural markets have been opened and privatized, lan...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Altoé, Simone,
Brannstrom, Christian,
De Souza, Renato Stancato,
Fitting, Elizabeth,
Hisano, Shuji,
Jansen, Kees,
Jepson, Wendy E.,
Mcafee, Kathy,
Otero, Gerardo,
Pechlaner, Gabriela,
Poitras, Manuel,
Roquas, Esther,
Teubal, Miguel,
HerausgeberIn:
Otero, Gerardo,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2008
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (335 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Neoliberal Globalism and the Biotechnology Revolution: Economic and Historical Context
  • 2. Latin American Agriculture, Food, and Biotechnology: Temperate Dietary Pattern Adoption and Unsustainability
  • 3. Exporting Crop Biotechnology: The Myth of Molecular Miracles
  • 4. Biosafety Regulation and Global Governance: The Problem of Absentee Expertise in Latin America
  • 5. Unnatural Growth: The Political Economy of Biotechnology in Mexico
  • 6. Importing Corn, Exporting Labor: The Neoliberal Corn Regime, GMOs, and the Erosion of Mexican Biodiversity
  • 7. Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology in North America: The Case of rBST in La Laguna, Mexico
  • 8. Genetically Modifi ed Soybeans and the Crisis of Argentina’s Agriculture Model
  • 9. Brazilian Biotechnology Governance: Consensus and Confl ict over Genetically Modifi ed Crops
  • 10. Brazilian Farmers at a Crossroads: Biotech Industrialization of Agriculture or New Alternatives for Family Farmers?
  • 11. Social Movements and Techno-Democracy: Reclaiming the Genetic Commons
  • 12. Conclusion: Food for the Few?
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

Similar Items