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Transgenic Crops in Argentina: The Ecological and Social Debt
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Walter A. Pengue
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Third World Network (TWN) ()   BCH-ORG-SCBD-15858-13
  • Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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- Person: Mr Walter Pengue | BCH-CON-SCBD-44658-2
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Mr Walter Pengue
Viamonte 430 st.
Buenos Aires City,
, Argentina
Phone: +54 11 4510-1100,
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Website: http://www.uba.ar,
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University of Buenos Aires ()
Viamonte 430 st.
Buenos Aires City,
, Argentina
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Website: http://www.uba.ar,
Sage Publications
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2005-08
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Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society,
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The document describes the agriculture transformation in Argentina during the 1990s, caused by the adoption of transgenic crops (soybean, maize, and cotton) under the no-tillage system. The expansion of this model has been spread not only in the Pampas but also in areas with high biodiversity, opening a new agricultural border to important eco-regions like the Yungas, Great Chaco, and the Mesopotamian Forest. Transgenic cropping has produced transformations over the environment and society. Migration from rural areas, concentration of agribusiness, and loss of food diversity and food sovereignty are some of the consequences at the socioeconomic level. Nutrient depletion, soil structure degradation, potential desertification, and loss of species are some of the results of the overexploitation associated with the monoculture production of the genetically modified (GM) soybean. The rising ecological and social debt that has emerged due to this technology has not detained the expansion, and instead, an important portion of the country is being transformed into a cluster of productive commodities, especially soybean grain, cake, and oils.
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  • GBF-T17. Strengthen biosafety and distribute benefits of biotechnology
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Identifier (ISBN, ISSN, etc.)
DOI: 10.1177/0270467605277290
Format
9 page file PDF
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Transgenic crops, soybean, Argentina, Pampas, ecological debt LMO categories: Plants
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