Agrobiotechnologies in Uruguay: positioning of the players around an uncertain debate
Abstract
In Uruguay, the introduction and use of transgenic seeds has
become an intermittent process of agreements and disagreements
between the players involved. Upon the introduction of the
transgenic soybean (Glycine max) in 1996 an area of conflict
began, with the scenarios changing in accordance with the
degree of involvement of the different players. These include the
producers’ organizations with differing nuances on the subject,
the companies of agricultural inputs which commercialize
transgenic seeds, the community of researchers that hold the
expert knowledge about the subject matter, the State and political
policies that have changed with regard to the authorization,
supervision and control of the GMOs, some environmentalist
NGOs that have rejected the authorization of transgenic events,
and the general consumers. The controversy has been subject
to the unsteadiness of the prominent role that several players
have assumed at different moments, failing to involve en masse
the civilian society which has largely remained misinformed
and alien to the debate. In this context, the different meanings,
social representations and strategies around agrobiotechnologies
are analyzed, sustained by supporters as well as by detractors
of these technologies.
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