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Get your copy of #seedsofpower 50% OFF with code FALL2020 @DukePress
dukeupress.edu/seeds-of-power
UK/Europe combinedacademic.co.uk/9781478010852/…
Sale ends 11/23 📚
#Monsanto #glyphosate #GMOs
Book summary 👇 Thread
@EnviroSocASA @SocDevelopment @lasaenvironment
Seeds of Power tells the story of Argentina’s swift agrarian transformation based on the early adoption and intensive implementation of genetically modified (GM) soybeans.
Argentina is the third largest global grower and exporter of GM crops. Its soybeans—which have been modified to tolerate being sprayed with herbicides—now cover half of the country's arable land and represent a third of its total exports.
This new book looks good: Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina dukeupress.edu/seeds-of-power Also partly open access via google books.google.de/books?id=Uvr6D… #gmo
"Soybeans have replaced traditional crops … leading to food insecurity. The expansion of the agrarian frontier into the northern Chaco has prompted rapid and wide-scale deforestation that has devastated ecosystems and threatened livelihoods."—Amalia Leguizamón #seedsofpower #gmo
"Violence against peasant & indigenous communities is escalating. The health hazards of agrochemical exposure are also on the rise. Across rural towns, Argentine doctors have documented increasing occurrences of leukemia, cancer, miscarriages and malformations in newborns." #gmo
