Neoliberal globalism and the biotechnology revolution: Economic and historical context

Food for the Few: Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-29

  Otero, Gerardo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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