The development of agri-businesses may be creating more problems than it is solving. Discuss

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Pg 2 Introduction

Pg 2 Table of biases

Pg 3 When and why Gm crops have been developed, plus the main organisations involved

Pg 4 Top 10 agrochemical companies, countries pro and anti GM

Pg 5 Map of the world showing the main crops grown and where abouts they are grown

Pg 6 Who really benefits from GM, Socio-economic factors

Pg 7 Socio-economic factors continued, Environmental factors

Pg 8 Environmental factors

Pg 9 Environmental factors continued, Health factors and Consumer choice

Pg 10 Consumer choice continued

Pg 10 Future

Pg 10 & 11 Conclusion

Pg 12 Bibliography

The Agribusiness sector is a 'chain' of industries directly and indirectly involved in production, transformation and provision of food, fibre, chemicals and pharmaceutical substrates.

One issue governments are resolving at the moment is the issue of GM crops, they are the new expression of agri-business and this is the issue I shall look at. GM crops represent one of the biggest decisions the government faces. They signal an irreversible shift in farming and could determine what happens to food production patterns. GM is a technique whereby individual genes are