Seventeen of the forty chapters included are either new to this edition, rewritten by their
original authors, or edited by Counihan and Van Esterik. A bank of test items applicable to …

'Food sovereignty, must necessarily encompass 'seed sovereignty,. Corporate appropriation
of plant genetic resources, development of transgenic crops and the global imposition of …

Corporate appropriation of genetic resources, development and deployment of transgenic
varieties, and the global imposition of intellectual property rights are now widely recognized …

Agricultural biotechnology (eg genetically modified (GM) crop technology) is rapidly growing
and has immense potential to contribute to sustainable agriculture in developing countries …

A wide range of crop genetic resources is vital for future food security. Loss of agricultural
biodiversity increases the risk of relying on a limited number of staple food crops. However …

To improve plant varieties, since the late 19th century plant breeders relied on phenotypic
selection, achieving breeding progress through the assessment of external and internal …

Against the long history of the use of tools and technologies, contemporary biotechnology
and digital information technology together fall within a third category-meta-technologies …

A partir de la relevancia del sector agropecuario para hacer efectiva la transición hacia la
economía social del conocimiento común y abierto en Ecuador, el presente documento …

The hour of high-technology capitalism is also the hour of species-being. In 1844, Karl Marx
identified the problem, which is appropriation by a nascent industrial capitalism of …

Place: Local Knowledge and New Media Practice explores tensions between global
cosmopolitanism and local practices in the new media environment. This edited collection of …