Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity

CONTENTS

Preface to the 2025 Edition ix

Introduction xiii

A Word About Varieties xix

PART ONE

LEGACY OF DIVERSITY

ONE Origins of Agriculture 3

TWO Development of Diversity 17

THREE Value of Diversity 38

FOUR Genetic Erosion: Losing Diversity 49

FIVE Tropical Forests 82

PART TWO

GENETIC TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS

SIX Rise of the Genetics Supply Industry 105

SEVEN Enter Biotechnology 127

EIGHT Global Conservation Begins 133

NINE Politics of Genetic Resource Control 157

TEN Responsibility and Commitment 181

PART THREE

REFERENCE MATERIAL

Notes 203

Acknowledgments 237

Index 241

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• Biologia, ciências da vida
• Políticas da governo central
• História social e cultural
• Genética (não médica)
• Agricultura e lavoura

food; agriculture; domesticated plants; seeds; crops; genetics; genetic diversity; food supply; world hunger; biodiversity; conservation; international; seed saver; Svalbard; seed bank; Darwin; evolution