Title The Patenting of Life, Limiting Liberty, and the Corporate Pursuit of Seeds.

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Description	1 online resource (255 pages)
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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.
Contents	Introduction -- Biotechnology and the corporate pursuit of seeds -- Multinational corporations -- Seed corporations: history, activities, and impact -- India -- China -- Brazil and Argentina -- Conclusion.
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Subject	Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
	Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
	Developing countries.
	Seed industry and trade -- Developing countries.
	Seed industry and trade.
	Transgenic plants -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
	Transgenic plants.
	Social aspects.
	Seed technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
	Seed technology.
	Genetically modified foods -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
	Genetically modified foods.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Nizamuddin, Ali M. Patenting of Life, Limiting Liberty, and the Corporate Pursuit of Seeds. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2014 9780739190807
ISBN	9780739190814 (electronic book)
	0739190814 (electronic book)
	9780739190807
	0739190806