When are agricultural biotechnologies adapted to host country contexts? Evidence from the commercialisation of GM cotton in Argentina
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2012
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In this paper we explore how and why the affiliate of a multinational seed firm has adapted
genetically modified cotton technologies, created elsewhere, for commercialisation within Argentina's
agricultural sector. We argue that whilst a conventional economic rationale, such as market size, costs
of local research and development, and the ability to appropriate benefits partly explain patterns of
adaptation, the kinds of adaptation actually undertaken also reflect the outcome of political bargaining
processes. Our findings imply that developing country governments may have scope for encouraging
the international transfer and adaptation of foreign technology beyond the provision of economic
incentives.
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AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, MULTI-NATIONAL SEED INDUSTRY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, POLITICAL BARGAINING, LATIN AMERICA, ARGENTINA, SMALL FARMERS, TRANSGENIC COTTON, SOCIOTECHNICAL CONFIGURATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, COTTON, INNOVATION ADOPTION, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, BOLL WEEVIL, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, PATENT LAW, SEED COLLECTION