The politics of technological upgrading: International transfer to and adaptation of GM cotton in Argentina

World Development

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 521-534

  Arza, Valeria ^a,b   van Zwanenberg, Patrick ^b  

^a National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRES DE FEBRERO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Argentina; Cotton; Latin America; Multinational seed industry; Political bargaining; Technology adaptation; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ARGENTINA; LATIN AMERICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84897573197     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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