Domestication of agricultural biotechnology within Argentina’s science and technology regime: the case of GM cotton

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dc.contributor.authorZwanenberg, Patrick van
dc.contributor.authorArza, Valeria
dc.contributor.authorFazio, María Eugenia
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-13T16:17:57Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T16:17:57Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
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dc.description.abstractTechnologies, rather than being fixed at the design stage, are in important respects reshaped and configured - or domesticated - as they are appropriated and used in different contexts and domains of use. In this paper we explore how the affiliate of a multinational seed firm has configured genetically modified cotton technologies, created elsewhere, for commercialisation within Argentina’s agricultural sector, and how public agricultural research and development institutions have contributed to, and attempted to contribute to, this process. The empirical analysis is based on 24 in-depth interviews with officials from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and representatives of the multinational seed industry undertaken by the authors between July and September 2010. We find that the commercial development of genetically modified cotton technologies has been achieved in ways that are shaped largely by the global strategies of the parent firm, but that these are far from optimal in terms of the agronomic constraints and social contexts within which Argentina’s cotton farmers operate, especially its smaller farmers. Public institutions have not been able to influence the domestication process largely because they have little capacity to do so under prevailing intellectual property rules.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/50520
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dc.subjectSMALL FARMERSen
dc.subjectTRANSGENIC COTTONen
dc.subjectSOCIOTECHNICAL CONFIGURATIONen
dc.subjectSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICYen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGYen
dc.subjectMULTI-NATIONAL SEED INDUSTRYen
dc.subjectINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSen
dc.subjectPUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTESen
dc.subjectARGENTINAen
dc.subjectGENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMSen
dc.subjectBIOTECHNOLOGYen
dc.subjectGENETIC RESOURCESen
dc.subjectSEED PRODUCTIONen
dc.subjectCOTTONen
dc.subjectCROP LOSSESen
dc.subjectSMALL SCALE FARMINGen
dc.titleDomestication of agricultural biotechnology within Argentina’s science and technology regime: the case of GM cottonen
dc.typeIDRC-Related Reporten
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idrc.dspace.accessLimited Accessen
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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