Who Really Feeds the World?: The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology

166 Pages·2016·1.63 MB·English

by  Vandana Shiva

THE FAILURES OF AGRIBUSINESS AND THE PROMISE OF
AGROECOLOGY
Vandana Shiva
North Atlantic Books
Berkeley, California
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Cover design Jasmine Hromjak
Cover art by Maria Sibylla Merian and Joseph Mulder, Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) with Passalus interruptus beetle and jewel beetle
(Euchroma gigantea) and Pomelo or shaddock (Citrus maxima) with metamorphosis of moth (Urania leilus), 1719; Maria Sibylla
Merian and Peter Sluyter, Duroia eriopila with zebra swallowtail (Eurytides protesilaus) and Xanthocleis psidii larva and pupa, 1719;
Joris Hoefnagel and Georg Bocskay, Insects, Orange Lily, Caterpillar, Apple, and Horse Fly and Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede,
1561-1562. Digital images courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shiva, Vandana, author.
Who really feeds the world? : the failures of agribusiness and the promise of agroecology / Dr. Vandana Shiva.
pages cm
“An in-depth look at agroecology, an alternative to the world’s current food crisis” — Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-62317-062-2 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-62317-063-9 (ebook) 1. Food supply. 2. Agricultural ecology. 3. Agricultural industries.
I. Title. II. Title: Failures of agribusiness and the promise of agroecology.
HD9000.5.S455 2016
338.1’9–dc23 2015034909
To all the beings that give us food.
To Richa, for her editing.
Contents
Introduction
1. Agroecology Feeds the World, Not a Violent Knowledge Paradigm
2. Living Soil Feeds the World, Not Chemical Fertilizers
3. Bees and Butterflies Feed the World, Not Poisons and Pesticides
4. Biodiversity Feeds the World, Not Toxic Monocultures
5. Small-Scale Farmers Feed the World, Not Large-Scale Industrial Farms
6. Seed Freedom Feeds the World, Not Seed Dictatorship
7. Localization Feeds the World, Not Globalization
8. Women Feed the World, Not Corporations
9. The Way Forward
Endnotes
Index
About the Author