Concentration of food industry and corporate monopoly
"the top 10 multinational seed companies now control 73% of the world's commercial seed market, up from 37% in 1995 (p. 22). The worlds 10 biggest pesticide firms now control a whopping 90% of the global 44 billion dollar pesticide market (p.25). 10 companies control 76% of animal pharmaceutical sales (p.34). 10 animal feed companies control 52% of the global animal feed market (p.33), 10 chemical firms account for 40% of the chemical market (p.11), 10 forestry companies control 40% of the forestry market (p. 31), 10 mining companies control a third of the mining market (p. 29) and the top ten energy companies control a quarter of the energy market (p.10)." excerpt from this webpage: http://www.etcgroup.org/content/who-will-control-green-economy-0. ----Actual study referenced fully below ---------------- From ETC report: ETC’s report shows that the same six multinational firms (Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow, and BASF) control 75% of all private sector plant breeding research, 60% of the commercial seed market (100% of the transgenic seed market) and 76% ofglobalagrochemical sales. 1
Source: ETC Group, "Who Will Control the Green Economy?" (Ontario: November 2011). http://www.etcgroup.org/sites/www.etcgroup.org/files/publication/pdf_fil... [verified 4/15/14]