Technological lock-in in action: Appraisal and policy commitment in Argentina's seed sector

Marín, Anabel; Stubrin, Lilia; Zwanenberg, Patrick van

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2022.104678

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“…It is routinely claimed that Argentina, the world's third-largest producer of genetically engineered (GE) crops, saw a significant increase in crop productivity due to GE technology. However, our analysis suggests that this interpretation is misleading -and in fact, innovations based on conventional plant breeding have been at least as important as GE technology in explaining the growth in Argentinean soy production from 1995-2015 (Marín, Stubrin and van Zwanenberg 2023). Policy interventions based on the mistaken assessment of the impact of GE technology have resulted in companies specialising in conventional plant-breeding techniques being unfairly crowded out of the market.…”

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Globally, our food systems are highly inequitable. In a world with enough food, hunger is becoming normalised for large numbers of people, while diets are worsening and obesity is rising. Racialised minorities are more at risk from obesity than other groups; indigenous communities have poorer diets than majority populations. Many of the 4.5 billion people working in food systems endure low-paid, insecure jobs. Small-scale farmers and women are often the most vulnerable. In rural areas communities can be forced off their land and in urban areas, people on low incomes lack access to good-quality food. These inequities are a result of deliberate choices made by powerful entities, and a product of social and economic norms. But by understanding the power imbalances within food systems and identifying the underlying causes of vulnerability, we believe that it is possible to develop pathways which can tackle these inequities. Bringing together studies from Africa, Europe, Latin America and Asia, this report identifies four ways to address inequities.

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Technological lock-in in action: Appraisal and policy commitment in Argentina's seed sector

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Pathways to Equitable Food Systems

Pathways to Equitable Food Systems

Are intellectual property rights working for society?

Technology Emergence as a Structuring Process: A Complexity Theory Perspective on Blockchain

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