Configuration of agricultural biotechnologies in dual agricultural systems: GM cotton adoption by commercial farmers and family farmers in Argentina

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dc.date.accessioned2012-11-27T14:15:31Z
dc.date.available2012-11-27T14:15:31Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.descriptionDraft – 15 June 2012 - Manuscript for submission to Technology in Society, special issue on “Biotechnology, Controversy, and Policy: Challenges of the Bioeconomy in Latin America”en
dc.description.abstractDrawing on a socio-technical systems perspective this paper compares the ways in which novel genetically modified (GM) crop artefacts, related devices and techniques, actors, practices, and institutions have been configured across two distinctive cotton production systems in north east Argentina, one based around large scale commercial farming and the other based around small scale family farming. In the former system, linkages between new GM seeds, and new actors, complementary artefacts, agricultural techniques, technical support, and modified supply markets and regulatory rules have resulted in GM-based cotton production systems that perform well. In the latter system, the new GM artefacts were unavailable, whilst conventional seeds disappeared from input markets. Instead, linkages were formed between copied GM seeds, of unreliable identify and poor quality, informal seed multipliers and dealers, largely unmodified production practices, declining technical support, uncontrolled pest problems, and an absence of regulatory oversight, resulting in a poorly performing technology. In effect, working agricultural biotechnologies are different in the two farming systems; they have different characteristics and capabilities and perform in different ways. The paper considers how regulatory and public agricultural research institutions have mediated those configuration processes, and how public policies in these areas could help shape cotton production systems in ways that better support small farmers’ Livelihoods.en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (26 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/50558
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSMALL FARMERSen
dc.subjectTRANSGENIC COTTONen
dc.subjectSOCIOTECHNICAL CONFIGURATIONen
dc.subjectSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICYen
dc.subjectARGENTINAen
dc.subjectGOVERNANCEen
dc.subjectGENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMSen
dc.subjectBIOTECHNOLOGYen
dc.subjectTRANSGENIC PLANTSen
dc.subjectSMALL SCALE FARMINGen
dc.subjectBIOSAFETYen
dc.subjectSEED PRODUCTIONen
dc.subjectRISKen
dc.subjectREGULATIONSen
dc.titleConfiguration of agricultural biotechnologies in dual agricultural systems: GM cotton adoption by commercial farmers and family farmers in Argentinaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.noaccessDue to copyright restrictions the full text of this research output is not available in the IDRC Digital Library or by request from the IDRC Library. / Compte tenu des restrictions relatives au droit d'auteur, le texte intégral de cet extrant de recherche n'est pas accessible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI, et il n'est pas possible d'en faire la demande à la Bibliothéque du CRDI.en
idrc.project.number105759
idrc.project.titleAddressing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Genetically Modified Cotton on Small Farmers in MERCOSURen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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