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2. Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Halewood, Michael (author), Villanueva, Ana Bedmar (author), Rasolojaona, Jazzy (author), Andriamahazo, Michelle (author), Rakotoniaina, Naritiana (author), Bossou, Bienvenu (author), Mikpon, Toussaint (author), Vodouhe, Raymond (author), Fey, Lena (author), Drews, Andreas (author), Kumar, P. Lava (author), Rasoanirina, Bernadette (author), Rasoazafndrabe, Thérèse (author), Aigbe, Marcellin (author), Agbahounzo, Blaise (author), Otieno, Gloria (author), Garforth, Kathryn (author), Kiene, Tobias (author), and Nnadozie, Kent (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-06
- Published:
- USA: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12038
- Journal Title:
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via Online Journal, Crop genetic resources constitute a ‘new’ global commons, characterized by multiple layers of activities of farmers, genebanks, public and private research and development organizations, and regulatory agencies operating from local to global levels. This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop commons. The communities were motivated in part by the fact that their national governments’ had recently ratified the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol, which make commitments to promoting the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities and farmers, without being prescriptive as to how Contracting Parties should implement those commitments. The communities identified the protocols as useful means to advance their interests and/or rights under both the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol to be recognized as managers of local socio-ecological systems, to access genetic resources from outside the communities, and to control others’ access to resources managed by the community.
3. Global adoption of Bt Cotton, 1996-2003
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 135 Document Number: C20660
- Notes:
- 2 pages
4. Global adoption of Bt Maize, 1996-2003
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 135 Document Number: C20661
- Notes:
- 2 pages
5. Global networks of genetically modified crops technology: a patent citation network analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ji, Jiaojiao (author), Barnett, George A. (author), and Chu, Jianxun (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- International: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10590
- Journal Title:
- Scientometrics
- Journal Title Details:
- 118(3): 737-762
- Notes:
- 26 pages., via online journal., This paper employs the patent data of four major genetically modified (GM) crops, soybeans, cotton, maize and rapeseed, to illustratee how the innovation of GM crop technology diffused and distributed globally over time. Data collected from the Derwent Innovation Index, were employed to construct country patent citation networks, from 1984 to 2015, and the results revealed that developed countries were early adopters, and the primary actors in the innovation of GM crop technology. Only seven developing countries appeared in the country citation network. Most developed countries were reluctant to apply GM crop technology for commercial cultivation. Private businesses stood out in the patent citation network. The early adoption and better performance of developed countries can be explained by the activities of large established private companies.
6. Improvement in crops by using plant biotechnology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- George, Hary (author)
- Format:
- Editorial
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-06
- Published:
- USA: Global Science Research Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12814
- Journal Title:
- Global Journal of Agricultural Economics and Econometrics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 10, N.2
- Notes:
- 2 pages, The sharp decline in the availability of arable land and the proper supply of irrigation water, coupled with the continued sharp increase in food demand, are putting pressure on farmers to produce more with fewer resources. A viable solution to alleviate this pressure is to speed up the plant breeding process by using biotechnology in breeding programs.
7. Know your indoor farmer: square roots, techno-local food, and transparency as publicity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Keshwani, Jenny (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- United States: Sage
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12748
- Journal Title:
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 64, Iss. 11
- Notes:
- 19pgs, Advocates of indoor vertical farming have pitched the enterprise as key to the future of food, an opportunity to use technological innovation to increase local food production, bolster urban sustainability, and create a world in which there is “real food” for everyone. At the same time, critics have raised concerns about the costs, energy usage, social impacts, and overall agricultural viability of these efforts, with some insisting that existing low-tech and community-based solutions of the “good food movement” offer a better path forward. Drawing from a mix of participant observation and other qualitative methods, this article examines the work of Square Roots, a Brooklyn-based indoor vertical farming company cofounded by entrepreneur Kimbal Musk and technology CEO Tobias Peggs. In an effort to create a market for what I refer to as “techno-local food,” Square Roots pitches its products as simultaneously “real” and technologically optimized. As a way to build trust in these novel products and better connect consumers with producers, Square Roots leans on transparency as a publicity tool. The company’s Transparency Timeline, for instance, uses photos and a narrative account of a product’s life-cycle to tell its story “from seed-to-store,” allowing potential customers to “know their farmer.” The information Square Roots shares, however, offers a narrow peek into its operations, limiting the view of operational dynamics that could help determine whether the company is actually living up to its promise. The research provides a clear case study of an organization using transparency–publicity as market strategy, illustrating the positive possibilities that such an approach can bring to consumer engagement, while also demonstrating how the tactic can distract from a company’s stated social responsibility goals.
8. Market development for genetically modified foods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Evenson, R.E. (author), Zilberman, D. (author), and Santaniello, V. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- International: CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21691
- Notes:
- 318 pages
9. USDA releases trends in GE (genetically engineered) crops, over 90% of major crops utilizing the technology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07-07
- Published:
- USA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11770
- Notes:
- Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that more than 90 percent of corn, soybean, and cotton acreage involves herbicide-resistant varieties. Currently, 92 percent of U.S. cotton acres are planted with genetically-engineered, insect-resistant seeds and 83 percent of U.S. corn acres.