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Le Grand Business des Plantes: Richesse et Démesure [The Big Business of Plants: Richness and Excess]

By: Florence Thinard(Author)
240 pages, colour photos
Le Grand Business des Plantes: Richesse et Démesure [The Big Business of Plants: Richness and Excess]
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Language: French

Globalisation is not a new concept, it was already applicable when Marco Polo took the route to India to ensure a supply in spices to Europe. But in recent years there has been an intensification and acceleration of world trade and now there are few plant resources beyond it.

Markets terms, subsidy system, security of supply, quotas, multinationals, illegal trade, lobbying ... many economic terms that seem complex at first but are explained here through simple and concrete examples of everyday plants. Did you know that bananas had defeated governments in Central America and started an economic war between the US and France? That US cotton maintained its leading position in the textile market with an astronomical subsidy system? Or that Europe developed beet sugar following a blockade imposed by Napoleon? That tulip bulbs led to the first stock market crash in Holland, and seaweed could soon provide fuel for our automobiles? Plants are not finished inlfuencing our economy.

Understanding these mechanisms is essential at a time when traditional agriculture is changing, where questions arises around the appropriation of living organisms, while our consumer choices make us more than ever, citizen actors!

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La mondialisation n’est pas une notion récente, elle s’appliquait déjà lorsque Marco Polo prit la route des Indes pour assurer l’approvisionnement de l’Europe en épices. Mais depuis quelques années on assiste à une intensification et une accélération des échanges mondiaux et désormais il y a peu de ressources végétales qui y échappent.

Marchés à termes, système de subventions, sécurisation des approvisionnements, quotas, multinationales, commerce illégal, lobbying… autant de termes économiques qui semblent complexes au premier abord mais qui sont expliqués ici à travers les exemples simples et concrets des plantes du quotidien. Saviez-vous que la banane avait défait des gouvernements en Amérique centrale et démarré une guerre économique entre les États-Unis et la France ? Que le coton américain maintient sa position de leader sur le marché du textile grâce à un système de subventions faramineuses ? Ou encore que l’Europe avait développé le sucre de betterave suite à un blocus imposé par Napoléon Ier ? Des bulbes de tulipes qui entraînèrent le premier krach boursier en Hollande aux algues qui devraient bientôt fournir le carburant pour nos automobiles, les plantes n’ont pas fini de faire tourner notre économie.

Comprendre ces mécanismes est essentiel à l’heure où l’agriculture traditionnelle est en pleine transformation, où la question se pose de l’appropriation du vivant et alors que nos choix de consommation font de nous, plus que jamais, des acteurs citoyens !

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By: Florence Thinard(Author)
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