In the past three decades, the seed sector has experienced, and is now again experiencing,
corporate concentration trends. The fallout of this consolidation is the subject of numerous …

The merger of Dow and DuPont, the acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina, and the
acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer have recently reshaped the global seed and biotech …

Gene-editing technologies represent a promising new tool for plant and animal breeding in
low-and middle-income countries. They enhance precision and efficiency over current …

CONTEXT Quality vegetable seed has the potential to significantly impact nutrition security
in sub-Saharan Africa, as the region has the world's lowest per capita production and …

This paper uses novel empirical evidence to analyse critically the widely held view that
genetic engineering technology played a pivotal role in explaining the rapid expansion and …

Experimental spaces for learning about and nurturing processes of social-ecological
transformation are of increasing interest; a reflection, in part, of a more interventionist …

Purpose The authors aim to draw lessons for research and policy from an exception (nal)
case of a firm's international expansion in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario, a company …

The seed sector has become a subject of attention, debate, and even controversy with the
development of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, this sector is generally rather …

In the 1950s and 1960s, prominent institutional economists in the United States offered what
became the orthodox theory on the obstacles to commercializing scientific knowledge …

Organic seed is vital for organic agriculture. However, organic plant breeding is not kee**
pace with the increasing organic production, mainly because of a lack of sufficient financial …