GRAB - Plant genetic resources in an age of global capitalism

Auteurs-es

  • Noah Zerbe Humboldt State University

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.117

Mots-clés :

plant genetic resources, intellectual property

Résumé

Early in the 20th century, a scramble for the world’s genetic resources was sparked by Nikolai Vavilov’s articulation of the geographic centers of origin for major cereals and other crops. European and American governments sent expeditions to remote corners of the world, all in an effort to catalogue and collect the planet’s genetic resources. Trekking through remote forests in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and supported financially by the state, expeditions collected samples that would be used to improve the genetic qualities of maize, soy, and countless other crops, adding millions of dollars in value to domestic agricultural production (Saraiva, 2013).

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Noah Zerbe, Humboldt State University

Professor of Politics, Humboldt State University

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Publié-e

2015-09-08

Comment citer

Zerbe, N. (2015). GRAB - Plant genetic resources in an age of global capitalism. La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation Canadian Food Studies, 2(2), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.117