Food for the few : neoliberal globalism and biotechnology in Latin America / edited by Gerardo Otero.
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University of Texas Press,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Neoliberal globalism and the biotechnology revolution: economic and historical context / Gerardo Otero
- Latin American agriculture, food, and biotechnology: temperate dietary pattern adoption and unsustainability / Gerardo Otero, Gabriela Pechlaner
- Exporting crop biotechnology: the myth of molecular miracles / Kathy McAfee
- Biosafety regulation and global governance: the problem of absentee expertise in Latin America / Kees Jansen, Esther Roquas
- Unnatural growth: the political economy of biotechnology in Mexico / Manuel Poitras
- Importing corn, exporting labor: the neoliberal corn regime, GMOS, and the erosion of Mexican biodiversity / Elizabeth Fitting
- Political economy of agricultural biotechnology in North America: the case of RBST in La Laguna, Mexico / Gerardo Otero, Manuel Poitras, Gabriela Pechlaner
- Genetically modified soybeans and the crisis of Argentina's agriculture model / Miguel Teubal
- Brazilian biotechnology governance: consensus and conflict over genetically modified crops / Wendy E. Jepson, Christian Brannstrom, Renato Stancato de Souza
- Brazilian farmers at a crossroads: biotech industrialization of agriculture or new alternatives for family farmers? / Shuji Hisano, Simone Altoé
- Social movements and techno-democracy: reclaiming the genetic commons / Manuel Poitras
- Conclusion: food for the few? / Gerardo Otero, Gabriela Pechlaner.