 In
this issue
No.
108 February 1982
LettersUpdate
FEAST,
FAMINE AND FARMING
Modern, industrial-style farming has yet to solve the problem of hunger.
Wayne Ellwood argues that the agribusiness model may be creating more
problems than it is solving.
The
facts on agribusiness
Switching
off the gene machine
Pat Roy Mooney reports on growing corporate control over seeds
- the first link in the food cycle.
Futures
in their hands
A guided tour to the inside workings of the food futures markets.
By Michael Riordan.
Continental
Grain comes to Zaire
Wheat doesn't grow in the steamy, tropical climate of central
Africa.
Global
Food Factory
Cartoon by Richard Wilson.
Food
from the PAN
Jane McIntosh looks at Nicaragua's attempts to achieve food self-reliance
in the face of tremendous opposition.
Battling
for a bigger slice of banana
Workers at the Isletas banana co-operative in Honduras talk with
Peter Stalker.
Nipped
by the Bud
Barbara Chasin charts the history of one misdirected agribusiness
venture in Senegal.
Farmer
Exxon and Farmer Shell
Industrial-style farming in California may be a hint of tings
to come. Richard Swift reports from the 'golden state.'
Squeeze
Play
A visual guide to the farmer's 'cost/price' problem.
Clearing
farmers from the land
Walden Bello examines the impact of foreign investment on Philippines'
agriculture.
Pick
a peck of poison
T.B. Peramunetilleke
reports from Sri Lanka
Worth
Reading on...AGRIBUSINESS
Ideas
for actionReviews:
New books and a classicCountry
profile: BurmaCover
photograph: Alan Hutchison
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