Titans of Industrial Agriculture: In conversation with Professor Jennifer Clapp

Lamont-Black, S. (Contributor)

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Titans of Industrial Agriculture: In conversation with Professor Jennifer Clapp, Discussant

Period	13 Mar 2025
Event type	Seminar
Location	Edinburgh, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Agri-food
corporate power
industrial agriculture
transnational corporations
farm inputs sector

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To mark the publication of her new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture, the Edinburgh Competition Law and Economics Network is delighted to host a conversation with Professor Jennifer Clapp. Professor Clapp holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo. Titans of Industrial Agriculture examines how a small handful of giant transnational corporations has come to dominate the farm inputs sector, why it matters, and what can be done about it. Among the first works to examine deep roots of corporate power in agriculture, the book illuminates how corporate actors have encouraged the “lock-in” of industrial agriculture, despite all its known social and ecological costs. The event will be chaired by Dr Andrew McLean, Director of ECLEN and Lecturer of Law & Political Economy, with Dr Simone Lamont-Black, Senior Lecturer in International Trade Law, joining as discussant.