Technological paradigm shift and agricultural sustainability : the case of genetically modified cotton in Warangal District, India
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2007
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The research focuses on the adoption of new technologies and biotechnologies along with implications for the metabolic relationship between nature and agricultural producers, and the sustainability of agriculture. It focuses on the spread of GM cotton seeds in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh in southern India as a case study. Research findings demonstrate that social and cultural factors are crucial in the adoption of GM seeds, that issues such as trust and caste allegiance play a part, that aggressive marketing strategies such as demonstration plots are not neutral, often reinforcing patriarchal regimes.
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INDIA, COTTON, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, TRANSGENIC COTTON, BIOTECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION ADOPTION, SEED INDUSTRY, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, BT COTTON, SEEDS, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, GENDER ROLES, PATRIARCHY, RURAL ECONOMY, TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, SOUTH ASIA