PSY BEH 104S Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Genetic Erosion, Structural Adjustment, Plant Breeding
14 Dec 2016
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Exploitation of labor and the environment by multi-national corporations in alliance with structural adjustment programs. Global multi-national agribusinesses will never feed the world . Women make up the majority of small farmers: their work feeds many poor people around the world, the globalization of agriculture destroys their farms, creating more hunger rather than less. Major farming businesses are more about profit and capitalism than they are about feeding people. People are hungry because they lack access. Women"s agriculture is rendered invisible or devalued. Reading c: the gendered nature of biodiversity conservation. Indigenous women"s contributions in agriculture have not been recognized. Sustainable biodiversity conversion must involve local female farmers in research, decision-making, and implementation. Genetic erosion is happening and it is a threat to biodiversity. A large part of the agricultural work women do does not count for the gnp. Plant breeding knowledge is not given the importance it deserves. Reading d: the obesity of the food industry.
