The Suicide Economy Of Corporate Globalization 2004

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The Suicide Economy Of Corporate Globalization 2004



In 1998, the World Bank's structural adjustment policies forced India to open up its seed sector to global corporations like Cargill, Monsanto, and Syngenta. The global corporations changed the input economy overnight. Farm saved seeds were replaced by corporate seeds which needed fertilizers and pesticides and could not be saved.

http://www.countercurrents.org/glo-shiva050404.htm

Monsanto Announces Takeover of Delta & Pine Land and Terminator Seed Technology (again) 2006

In a quest to expand its corporate seed empire - Monsanto, the world's largest seed enterprise - announced yesterday that it will buy the world's leading cotton seed company, Mississippi-based (USA) Delta & Pine Land, for US$1.5 billion. Monsanto and Delta & Pine Land (D&PL) together account for over 57% of the US cotton seed market. With D&PL subsidiaries in 13 countries - including major markets such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey and Pakistan - the takeover means that Monsanto will command a dominant position in one of the world's most important agricultural trade commodities and that millions of cotton farmers will be under increased pressure to accept genetically modified (GM) cottonseed.

http://www.banterminator.org/News-Updates/News-Updates/Monsanto-Announces-Takeover-of-Delta-Pine-Land

Syngenta A Corporate Profile

Chair of the board of directors of Syngenta and head of the chair's committee. Previous appointments include Head of Novartis' Agribusiness division and a member of the Novartis executive committee; Deputy Executive Head Novartis Agribusiness and Head of Novartis Seeds; Deputy Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Corporation in New York; Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, New Jersey; member of the Sandoz Ltd. executive committee and president of Sandoz Agro and Sandoz Seeds.

http://archive.corporatewatch.org/profiles/syngenta/syngenta3.htm

Cargill Inc- ‘The Invisible Giant’.

Cargill, Inc. is a large American Multinational Corporation based in Minnesota, USA. With annual sales in 1999 of around $50 billion, they are the 3rd largest food and drink corporation in the US, the 3rd largest in Europe and the largest in South America and Asia. Overall they have facilities in 59 countries and operate in 130 others.

As a privately-owned corporation, the company is almost entirely owned by around 80 members of the Cargill and MacMillan families. Being privately owned, it is also not generally required to disclose any financial information such as its profits or executive salaries.

http://archive.corporatewatch.org/publications/GEBriefings/controlfreaks/cargill_cond.html

Control Freaks All, mixing the food you eat with the pharmaceuticals you take, Giant Corporations in the New World Order. Could Americans be getting fat and sick from food they are making, to pills you are taking?

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