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[[Image:Market-share2.jpg|left|250px]]The '''"Big 6" pesticide and GMO corporations''' are [[BASF]], [[Bayer]], [[Dupont]], [[Dow Chemical Company]], [[Monsanto]], and [[Syngenta]]. They are so called because they dominate the agricultural input market -- that is, they own the world’s seed, pesticide and [[biotechnology]] industries.<ref name="PANNAcartel">Pesticide Action Network of North America, [http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-profit/chemical-cartel Chemical Cartel], organizational website, accessed July 2012</ref><ref>ETC Group, [http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/etc_WhoOwnsNature.pdf Who Owns Nature? Corporate Power and the Final Frontier in the Commodification of Life], international civil society organizational report, November 2008, accessed July 2012</ref>

According to the [[United Nations]] Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), corporate concentration of the agricultural input market "has far-reaching implications for global food security, as the privatization and patenting of agricultural innovation (gene traits, transformation technologies and seed germplasm) has been supplanting traditional agricultural understandings of seed, farmers' rights, and breeders' rights."<ref>Olivier Matringe and Irene Musselli Moretti, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), [http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/UNCTAD_CorpConcenAg%20(2005).pdf Tracking the Trend Towards Market Concentration: The Case of the Agricultural Input Industry], study prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat, April 20, 2006</ref>

For more information, see the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA) resource [http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-profit/chemical-cartel here].
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==Articles and Resources==

===Related SourceWatch Articles===

* [[BASF]]
* [[Bayer]]
* [[Dupont]]
* [[Dow Chemical Company]]
* [[Monsanto]]
* [[Syngenta]]
* [[Science Media Centre]]
* [[Fiona Fox]]

===Related PRWatch Articles===

* Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11844/direct-democracy-results-ballot-propositions-across-country Direct Democracy: Results of Ballot Propositions Across the Country], ''PRWatch'', November 7, 2012.
* Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11813/california-gmo-labeling-supporters-confront-41-million-opposition-and-13-point-po California GMO Labeling Supporters Confront $41 Million Opposition and 13-Point Poll Slide], ''PRWatch'', October 25, 2012.
* Jill Richardson, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11727/approval-new-chemical-resistant-gmos-likely-prompt-pesticide-escalation Approval of New Chemical-Resistant GMOs Likely to Prompt Pesticide Escalation], ''PRWatch'', August 28, 2012.
* Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11706/looking-kids-books-avoid-propaganda Looking for Kids' Books? Avoid This Propaganda], ''PRWatch'', August 22, 2012.
* Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11688/three-california-democrats-team-monsanto Three California Democrats Team Up with Monsanto], ''PRWatch'', August 2, 2012.
* Jill Richardson, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11685/monsanto%E2%80%99s-quiet-coup-will-congress-limit-scope-and-time-gmo-reviews Monsanto’s Quiet Coup: Will Congress Limit Scope and Time for GMO Reviews?], ''PRWatch'', August 1, 2012.
* Michele Simon, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11686/fighting-gmo-labeling-california-food-lobby%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Chighest-priority%E2%80%9D Fighting GMO Labeling in California is Food Lobby’s “Highest Priority”], ''PRWatch'', August 1, 2012.

===External Resources===

* Pesticide Action Network of North America, [http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-profit/chemical-cartel Chemical Cartel], organizational website.
* Philip Mattera, Corporate Research Project, [http://www.corp-research.org/monsanto Monsanto: Corporate Rap Sheet], last modified August 18, 2013.
* Philip Mattera, Corporate Research Project, [http://www.corp-research.org/dowchemical Dow Chemical: Corporate Rap Sheet], last modified December 19, 2013.
* Philip Mattera, Corporate Research Project, [http://www.corp-research.org/dupont Dupont: Corporate Rap Sheet], last modified October 27, 2013.
* Geke Econ Meme, [http://geke.us/2013/08/monsanto-venn/ Is the U.S. a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Monsanto? Monsanto Venn], infographic, accessed February 2014.

===External Articles and Press Releases===

* Nicholas Tomasi, [http://www.naturalindependent.com/archives/9838/monsanto-on-verge-of-40-million-gmo-bailout-in-europe-report/ Monsanto On Verge of $40 Million GMO Bailout in Europe: Report], ''Natural Independent'', November 25, 2012.
* California Right to Know, [http://www.cornucopia.org/2012/09/monsanto-pesticide-companies-contribute-another-5-5-million-to-kill-gmo-labeling-initiative/ Monsanto, Pesticide Companies Contribute Another $5.5 Million to Kill GMO Labeling Initiative], campaign press release, September 17, 2012.
* Stacy Malkan, California Right to Know, [http://www.carighttoknow.org/monsanto_gives_4_2_million_to_kill_california_gmo_labeling Monsanto Gives $4.2 Million to Kill California GMO Labeling], campaign press release, August 15, 2012.
* Tom Philpott, [http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/08/biotech-gmo-deregulation Biotech Giants Are Bankrolling a GMO Free-for-All], ''Mother Jones'', August 6, 2012.
* Kathryn Gilje, Pesticide Action Network of North America, [http://www.panna.org/blog/guilty-charged Guilty as Charged]: "The verdict was handed down to the six largest pesticide corporations — Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, BASF, Dow and Dupont — collectively known as the “Big 6,” for their human rights violations, including internationally recognized rights to life, livelihood and health," organizational blog post, December 7, 2011.

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