The Business of hunger /

Examines a major cause of world hunger which is being created when small, native farmers are forced off the land and are replaced by multinational agribusinesses that produce food for export rather than local consumption. Shows scenes of recent food riots in Brazil and the Dominican Republic, starvi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Maryknoll World Films, Richter Productions, Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	©1984
Series:	Maryknoll video magazine.
Subjects:	Food supply > Developing countries. Farms, Small > Developing countries. International business enterprises > Developing countries. Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries. Developing countries > Economic conditions. Developing countries > Social conditions.

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Summary:	Examines a major cause of world hunger which is being created when small, native farmers are forced off the land and are replaced by multinational agribusinesses that produce food for export rather than local consumption. Shows scenes of recent food riots in Brazil and the Dominican Republic, starving women and children, and displaced farmers. Includes testimony by religious missionaries in third world countries and comments by representatives of human welfare organizations.
Item Description:	Originally released as a documentary on PBS. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color with black and white introductory sequence ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Audience:	Agriculture.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Burleigh Wartes ; editors, Peter Kinoy and Tom Crawford.