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Transnational Agrarian Movements Confronting Globalization

Readers of this book will encounter peasants and farmers who struggle at home and traverse national borders to challenge the World Trade Organization and other powerful global institutions. Studies the activists in Brazil who uproot plots of genetically modified soybeans, forest dwellers in Indonesia who chop down rubber plantations to cultivate rice to feed their families, runaway villages in China that take up arms to resist corrupt officials, and Mexican migrants who, having exited in desperation, return from abroad to transform their communities Little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century share the stage with more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Va Campesina Celebrates a dynamic sector of international civil society, and tackles the thorny questions of successes and failures, ethical and political dilemmas, troubled alliances with NGOs, protest repertoires, and representation claims Analyzes contemporary collective action in all its complexity, acknowledging ambiguities and contradictions, posing challenging questions,

Agricultural and Mineral Commodities Year Book

.An in-depth survey of the world* Profiles each commodity in detail* Provides in-depth statistics on production* Includes an invaluable directoryContents:* Introductory essays* Covers all major agricultural and mineral products including aluminium, coal, cotton, nickel, petroleum, bananas, rice, rubber, tea, coffee, tobacco, wheat, natural gas, soybeans, zinc, lead and phosphates* Each commodity is profiled

Nutraceutical Proteins and Peptides in Health and Disease

Plant Genomics and Proteomics

Food Safety - A Reference Handbook, Second Edition

Through a combination of statistics and substantive information, it delineates the nature and scope of the corn, soybeans, and canola oil we eat has been genetically modified, but we dont know the long-term effects of GM foods on our health and the environment.. It also introduces readers to the researchers, activists, industries, and government agencies that play a role in the battle for food safetyan issue that impacts us all. We also consume antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria through the meat we eat, and we face new threats

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