Archive for February 3rd, 2008

Corporate takeover of agriculture gathers pace

More worrying developments regarding the corporate takeover of agriculture.
Nestle is eyeing the commercialisation of traditional red rice varieties in Sarawak. It is also trying to promote contract farming - perhaps something similar to what Sime Darby has in mind for the Northern Corridor.
It is presumptuous that these huge multinational corporations think they can teach traditional [...]