December 16, 2009December 16, 2009 by Jeremy Cherfas

Visualizing Consolidation in the Global Seed Industry: 1996–2008

Worth at least 1000 words:

The Seed Industry (Click to enlarge)

And another 1000:

Just one company (Click to enlarge)

Thank you Phil Howard, Michigan State University.

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1. Big IUCN report says that biodiversity and agriculture are in conflict, they don’t really need to be, but it’s really complicated for them not to be. So that’s us all told.
2. If only annual crops were perennial, for example, eh?
3. If only we incorporated more sustainable agriculture in education, for example, eh? Apart from anything else we could still have beer. No word on the role of perennial barley though.
4. If only improved seeds were open source, for example, eh?
5. If only we could cryopreserve coral, for example, eh? Wait, what?
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