The political economy of agricultural biotechnology is addressed in this review through three
puzzles. First, why were new crop technologies of the Green Revolution readily accepted …

It has recently been argued that the fragmented knowledge on the social impacts of
genetically modified (GM) crops is contributing to the polarised debate on the matter. This …

Agricultural biotechnology has been a project of India's developmental state since 1986, but
implementation generated significant conflict. Sequential cases of two crops carrying the …

The rapid development of CRISPR-based gene editing has been accompanied by a
polarized governance debate about the status of CRISPR-edited crops as genetically …

One of the main concerns about genetically modified crops is the risk of contaminating
'natural'populations with the introduced genes. A technical development that reduces this …

India and South Africa have invested in nanotechnology since the early 2000s and have
identified risks to human health and the environment as an important issue for governance …

Genetic engineering in agriculture raises contentious politics unknown in other applications
of molecular technology. Controversy originated and persists for inter-related reasons; these …

How lawsuits around intellectual property in Brazil and India are impacting the patentability
of plants and seeds, farmers' rights, and the public interest. Over the past decade, legal …

In the early days of a pandemic, repurposing biospecimens from established research
projects could prove to be extraordinarily useful in achieving substantial and timely public …

Over the last decade the Indian state has strived to establish an adequate foundation for
advancing nanotechnology resulting in the expansion of R&D and commercialization of …