Soybeans and Power

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Soybeans and Power

Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina

Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments Social and cultural anthropology Development economics and emerging economies Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries

Author: Pablo Lapegna

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Collection: Global and Comparative Ethnography

Language: English

Published by: Oxford University Press

Published on: 21st September 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 11 Mb

ISBN: 9780190215163


Introduction

Although Argentina's use of genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it has also had a negative impact on many communities. In Soybeans and Power, Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean expansion.

Community Response

Peasants initially resisted, yet ultimately adapted to the new agricultural technologies, playing an active role in their own demobilization in order to maneuver the situation to their advantage.

Insights and Perspectives

A rare glimpse into the life cycle of a social movement, Soybeans and Power gives voice to the communities most adversely affected by GM technology and the strategies that they have enacted in order to survive.

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