Argentina: Dissemination of genetically modified cotton and its impact on the profitability of small-scale farmers in the Chaco province

Vazquez, Claudia
Goldberg, Laura
Arza, Valeria

2014-01-02T18:46:06Z

LC/G.2536-P

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This article analyses the adoption of genetically modified cotton by small-scale farmers in the Chaco region of Argentina. It uses the socio-technical configuration of the technology as a conceptual framework, which postulates the existence of a set of factors that significantly affect the way in which technologies operate. Based on this framework, the article describes the conditions under which small-scale farmers in the Chaco region adopt gm cotton; and it identifies the differences between them and large-scale farmers, on which most of the literature focuses. Qualitative methodologies are used to analyse the breaks and continuities in productive practices affecting the profitability of small-scale farmers since the introduction of gm cotton. It is found that the productive difficulties they face have remained essentially unchanged, and, in some cases, have become more accentuated.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; SMALL FARMS; PRODUCTIVITY; INCOME; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ALGODON; CULTIVOS; ORGANISMOS GENETICAMENTE MODIFICADOS; PRODUCTIVIDAD; INGRESOS; CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS; PEQUEÑAS EXPLOTACIONES AGRICOLAS; COTTON; CROPS;