Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and BiotechnologyBloomsbury Academic, 1993 - 184 pages Vandana Shiva has established herself as a leading independent thinker and voice for the South in that critically important nexus where questions of development strategy, the environment and the posititon of women in society coincide. In this new volume, she brings together her thinking on the protection of biodiversity, the implications of biotechnology, and the consequences for agriculture of the global pre-eminence of Western-style scientific knowledge. |
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... integration at the level of the farm with the integration of inputs such as seeds and chemicals . The seed / chemical package sets up its own interactions with soils and water systems , which are , however , not taken into account on ...
... integration organizations , in matters within their competence , shall exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States which are Contracting Parties to this Convention or the relevant ...
... integration organizations . Instruments of ratification , acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Depository . 2. Any organization referred to in paragraph 1 above which becomes a Contracting Party to this Convention or any ...
Contents
The Disappeared Knowledge Systems | 9 |
The Destruction of Diversity as Weeds | 22 |
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Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology Vandana Shiva Limited preview - 1993 |
Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology Vandana Shiva No preview available - 2011 |