Monsanto’s ‘Hand of God’: Planned Obsolescence Of The Indian Farmer
September 19, 2015 11:41 pm Leave your thoughtsGlobal agribusiness is playing fast and loose with poor people's lives and is profiting handsomely.
Colin Todhunter
Global agribusiness is playing fast and loose with poor people's lives and is profiting handsomely.
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