Essays about: "Monsanto"

Found 3 essays containing the word Monsanto.

  1. 1. Nature as a subaltern : the colonial power of corporations over the environment and humans

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sara Frenning; [2020]
    Keywords : Corporations; Nature; Colonial Power; Monsanto; Post-colonial theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this essay I attempt to examine corporations through the lens of postcolonial theory in order to investigate whether corporations and their actions can be better understood using a post-colonial analysis. I have investigated if we can understand corporations as transnational power structures rather than as only commercial businesses and what new perspectives that could give us. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Subsistence Majority: Understanding Rural Development and GMOs in a Transitioning Romania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Laura Jardieanu; [2012]
    Keywords : rural development; Monsanto; GMOs; industrial agriculture; European Union; post-socialist societies; subsistence agriculture; Romania; Human Ecology; Eastern Europe; sustainability; agricultural policy; organic agriculture; small farms; semi-periphery.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been steadily increasing around the world, and remains an especially controversial subject within the European Union. Romania is one of the few E.U. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Baby of the Government" : a case study of the implementation of the Massive Food Production Programme and genetically modified maize into smallholder farming in rural South Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Nilsson; Hanna Karlsson; [2008]
    Keywords : rural development; development programme; smallholders; genetically modifed crops; South Africa; poverty;

    Abstract : Massive Food Production Programme (MFPP) is a development programme initiated by the South African state with the aim of increasing the agricultural production and generating economic development. The initial plan of the programme was to improve the quality of life in rural areas by changing the smallholders' agricultural techniques and make them adopt methods of industrial agriculture and modern seed varieties. READ MORE