Open AccessGRAB - Genetic resources and agricultural biotechnology
Author(s) -
Jennifer Clapp,
Annette Aurélie Desmarais,
Matias E. Margulis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian food studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2292-3071
DOI - 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i2.89
Subject(s) - agricultural biotechnology , agriculture , microbiology and biotechnology , genetic resources , political science , natural resource , diversity (politics) , food security , environmental ethics , business , natural resource economics , biology , economics , law , ecology , philosophy
Genetically modified crops have been a lightning rod in debates over the future of food and agriculture over the past two decades. The debate has sparked critical questions about the potential role for science in addressing hunger and in rural development. Corporate actors, with a strong interest in this debate, have actively sought to secure their rights over biotechnology while at the same time promoting the potentials of agricultural biotechnologies. Critics have been equally vocal in resisting and debunking those narratives, seeking to preserve natural plant diversity and ensure open access to plant genetic resources.