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Agriculture and energy subsidy in US and Europe and the world food crisis - A Latin American perspective [1]

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This article empirically demonstrates that the European and US globalisation and capitalism in agriculture, food and the agro-industry since the mid-20th century have been supported and powered by subsidies (which at present is 50 per cent of the value of agricultural production in Europe and the US) and technological advances in the cultivation of

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Manuel Lajo Lazo [2]
Social Change [3]
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Agriculture [4], Energy [5], Subsidies [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Europe [8], South America [9], Biofuel [10], Food Security [11], Food Prices [12], Food Policy [13]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/agriculture-and-energy-subsidy-us-and-europe-and-world-food-crisis-latin-american

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/agriculture-and-energy-subsidy-us-and-europe-and-world-food-crisis-latin-american
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/manuel-lajo-lazo
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/social-change
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-america
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy