Agribusinesses

Tyson and other big name agribusinesses WANT to see the little guys out of the picture.

Often, these "agribusinesses" are "vertically integrated" [21] into the banking and industrial empires of the national or regional oligarchs, whose coffers, in the absence of modern banking and financial structures, are still by far the main source of venture capital in Russia.

"agribusinesses" combined to make Russia's 2008 grain harvest of 113 million tons the largest in post-Soviet history and the first one to exceed the 1992 yield of 107 million tons.

Unlike farmers in many developing countries, however, agribusinesses in industrial countries have numerous tools at their disposal to prevent food from spoiling--including pasteurization and preservation facilities, drying equipment, climate-controlled storage units, transport infrastructure, and chemicals designed to expand shelf-life. ❋ Danielle Nierenberg (2011)

Furthermore, the top beneficiaries of these subsidies are wealthy agribusinesses, while smaller more sustainable farms are pushed out of business. ❋ Elizabeth Kucinich (2011)

-Hybrid seeds that help crops withstand climate stresses such as drought, which can also lead to new usages for traditional crops such as protein-enhanced cassava I have visited donor-supported agribusinesses in Kano, Nigeria that adds cow peas to enhance protein in cassava flour; ❋ Amb. Robin Renee Sanders (2011)

They are prospecting for land on which to build huge agribusinesses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Observers say there are many opportunities to develop land and even make it attractive to agribusinesses. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In recent years, 72% of those subsidies went to huge corporate agribusinesses and the largest privately owned farms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Look at how beholden most agribusinesses are to the government.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yeah I tried to watch it but couldn't handle it when he said that he was cutting funds to agribusinesses that don't need the funding. ❋ Unknown (2009)