Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina

Autores
Van Zwanenberg, Patrick; Cremaschi, Almendra; Obaya, Martín; Marin, Anabel; Lowenstein, Vanesa
Año de publicación
2018
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Experimental spaces for learning about and nurturing processes of social-ecological transformation are of increasing interest; a reflection, in part, of a more interventionist approach to sustainability research and funding. We reflect on our experience in Argentina facilitating a multistakeholder transformative space to identify and discuss agricultural sustainability challenges associated with seed market concentration, and to explore social innovations in the seed sector that can help foster more sustainable pathways of change in agricultural systems. We argue that in facilitating such a process, it is important to understand the diversity of perspectives on the meanings and functions of seed systems, the agricultural sustainability challenges those systems give rise to and of potential solutions, and to work with and from those divergent perspectives to identify areas of actionable consensus or potential affinities between actors who otherwise understand or prioritize agricultural sustainability in different ways. We suggest that ideas for intervention that are able to exploit common ground are more likely to be politically and practically viable. We illustrate this claim with a proposal for an open source seed licensing system, which potentially addresses distinctive concerns about strict intellectual property rules on the part of domestic seed breeders, farmers, rural social movements, and parts of government, who otherwise adopt different perspectives on desired agricultural futures. We suggest that this kind of bridging innovation may help to reconfigure social relations around seed systems in ways that can open up space for more sustainable pathways of agricultural change.
Fil: Van Zwanenberg, Patrick. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
Fil: Cremaschi, Almendra. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina
Fil: Obaya, Martín. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
Fil: Marin, Anabel. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lowenstein, Vanesa. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho. Centro de Est. Interdisciplinarios de Derecho Ind. y Economico; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
title Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
spellingShingle Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
Van Zwanenberg, Patrick
Argentina
seeds
sustainability
t-labs
title_short Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
title_full Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
title_fullStr Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
title_sort Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Van Zwanenberg, Patrick
Cremaschi, Almendra
Obaya, Martín
Marin, Anabel
Lowenstein, Vanesa
author Van Zwanenberg, Patrick
author_facet Van Zwanenberg, Patrick
Cremaschi, Almendra
Obaya, Martín
Marin, Anabel
Lowenstein, Vanesa
author_role author
author2 Cremaschi, Almendra
Obaya, Martín
Marin, Anabel
Lowenstein, Vanesa
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentina
seeds
sustainability
t-labs
topic Argentina
seeds
sustainability
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purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Experimental spaces for learning about and nurturing processes of social-ecological transformation are of increasing interest; a reflection, in part, of a more interventionist approach to sustainability research and funding. We reflect on our experience in Argentina facilitating a multistakeholder transformative space to identify and discuss agricultural sustainability challenges associated with seed market concentration, and to explore social innovations in the seed sector that can help foster more sustainable pathways of change in agricultural systems. We argue that in facilitating such a process, it is important to understand the diversity of perspectives on the meanings and functions of seed systems, the agricultural sustainability challenges those systems give rise to and of potential solutions, and to work with and from those divergent perspectives to identify areas of actionable consensus or potential affinities between actors who otherwise understand or prioritize agricultural sustainability in different ways. We suggest that ideas for intervention that are able to exploit common ground are more likely to be politically and practically viable. We illustrate this claim with a proposal for an open source seed licensing system, which potentially addresses distinctive concerns about strict intellectual property rules on the part of domestic seed breeders, farmers, rural social movements, and parts of government, who otherwise adopt different perspectives on desired agricultural futures. We suggest that this kind of bridging innovation may help to reconfigure social relations around seed systems in ways that can open up space for more sustainable pathways of agricultural change.
Fil: Van Zwanenberg, Patrick. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
Fil: Cremaschi, Almendra. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina
Fil: Obaya, Martín. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
Fil: Marin, Anabel. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lowenstein, Vanesa. Steps América Latina; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho. Centro de Est. Interdisciplinarios de Derecho Ind. y Economico; Argentina. Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Escuela de Economía y Negocios; Argentina
description Experimental spaces for learning about and nurturing processes of social-ecological transformation are of increasing interest; a reflection, in part, of a more interventionist approach to sustainability research and funding. We reflect on our experience in Argentina facilitating a multistakeholder transformative space to identify and discuss agricultural sustainability challenges associated with seed market concentration, and to explore social innovations in the seed sector that can help foster more sustainable pathways of change in agricultural systems. We argue that in facilitating such a process, it is important to understand the diversity of perspectives on the meanings and functions of seed systems, the agricultural sustainability challenges those systems give rise to and of potential solutions, and to work with and from those divergent perspectives to identify areas of actionable consensus or potential affinities between actors who otherwise understand or prioritize agricultural sustainability in different ways. We suggest that ideas for intervention that are able to exploit common ground are more likely to be politically and practically viable. We illustrate this claim with a proposal for an open source seed licensing system, which potentially addresses distinctive concerns about strict intellectual property rules on the part of domestic seed breeders, farmers, rural social movements, and parts of government, who otherwise adopt different perspectives on desired agricultural futures. We suggest that this kind of bridging innovation may help to reconfigure social relations around seed systems in ways that can open up space for more sustainable pathways of agricultural change.
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