ARGENTINA
TOPOGRAPHIES OF REPAIR IN ARGENTINA’S GM SOY BELT
Agricultural biotechnology was once lauded as the solution to agricultural and environmental ills – not anymore though. The “unintended consequences” of this technological breakthrough are diverse and widespread. And almost nowhere have they been as pronounced as in Argentina where genetically modified (GM) crops have proliferated as an economic lifeline through years of debt crisis and hyperinflation. This research explores the promises and perils of GM soy, and the efforts to repair social ties and political processes that have come undone along the way.