Genetically modified seeds and decommodification : an analysis based on the Chinese cotton case

Fok Michel, Liang Weili, Romano Donato, Yotopoulos Pan A.. 2007. Genetically modified seeds and decommodification : an analysis based on the Chinese cotton case. Stanford : Stanford Center for International Development, 22 p. N° de rapport : Working paper n° 312

Url - éditeur : https://kingcenter.stanford.edu/publications/working-paper/genetically-modified-seeds-and-decommodification-analysis-based-chinese

Résumé : Decommodification of international trade is becoming a pervasive phenomenon. This process is mainly driven by the spreading out of intellectual property rights in the form of branding, certification, patents and copyrights, in other words by the creation of pan-global rights that have visible beneficiaries but diffused and often invisible obligation-targets. The issue is that the ongoing decommodification process comes along with the creation of economic rents that are more easily captured by the developed countries as opposed to the less developed countries, since the former have a stronger institutional setting and a better resource endowment to produce decommodified goods, market them, and enforce the compliance with the WTO-TRIPS agreement. A paradigmatic case of what is going on is the agricultural sector. This paper deals with a success story of home-grown agricultural genetic engineering, the creation of the genetically modified (GM) cotton seed and its adoption in China, in parallel with its competitor of multinational origin, and the possible transference of the success story to other developing countries. At a first glance, this case study seems to contradict the expected adverse impacts of decommodification of agricultural inputs in developing countries. But, in spite of the apparent counter-example of the Chinese GM cotton case, we argue that the Chinese example is unique and as such it is an exception which confirms the general rule.

Classification Agris : E70 - Commerce, commercialisation et distribution
F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes

Auteurs et affiliations

• Fok Michel, CIRAD-PERSYST-UPR Systèmes cotonniers (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-8709-5687
• Liang Weili, Agricultural University of Hebei (CHN)
• Romano Donato, University of Florence (ITA)
• Yotopoulos Pan A., University of Florence (ITA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/536885/)

Métriques

[ Page générée et mise en cache le 2024-04-02 ]