Jennifer Clapp

Titans of Industrial Agriculture

How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A deeply researched book revealing how a handful of giant transnational corporations has come to dominate the farm sector, why it matters, and what might be done about it"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 230mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9780262551700
• ISBN-10: 0262551705
• Artikelnr.: 74173179

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Clapp

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword
Preface
List of Acronyms
1 Introduction
Part I: The Rise to Corporate Bigness in the Agricultural Input Industry
1840s–1940s
2 Farm Machinery
3 Fertilizers
4 Seeds
5 Pesticides
Part II: Consolidation and Expansion in the Mid-20th Century
6 Lock-In and Ship Out
7 Mergers of Distress in Farm Machinery and Fertilizers
8 Mergers of Opportunity in Seeds and Chemicals
Part III: 21st Century Mergers and Their Consequences
9 Drivers of Recent Agribusiness Mega-Mergers
10 Power to Shape Markets
11 Power to Shape Technology
12 Power to Shape Policy and Governance
Part IV: Conclusion
13 The Uncertain Path Ahead
Notes
References
Index