@techreport{fdi:010073373,
  title = {{I}s {GM} soybean cultivation in {A}rgentina sustainable ?},
  author = {{C}houmert, {J}. and {P}h{\'e}linas, {P}ascale},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper explores the long term sustainability of {A}rgentina's specialization in genetically modified soybean cultivation. {I}t is conceived as an evidence-based assessment of the most relevant economic, social, and environmental, implications of the “soybeanization” of {A}rgentinian agriculture. {W}e combine 2 sources of primary and secondary quantitative data: the {N}ational {A}gricultural {C}ensus, and farm level data from a field survey carried out in 2 provinces of the {A}rgentinian {P}ampas. {O}ur results suggest a major conflict between the success of the “soybeanization” of {A}rgentinian agriculture measured in terms of production and profit records, and the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of this new model of production. {GM} soybean package adoption has increased farm productivity, and has reduced the costs per unit produced. {T}he resulting dramatic increase in profits constituted a strong incentive to extend the scale of production. {T}he development of companies comprising actors from both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, constituted a good way to extend the scale of production. {B}ut this technological innovation in agriculture has been the source of numerous criticisms. {I}t is widely held among {A}rgentinian researchers, in particular, that soybean expansion has increased land inequality and displaced labor. {H}owever overall we find a mixed empirical picture of changing land distribution patterns and labor displacement resulting from the soybean expansion. {T}he environmental implications of agricultural biotechnology are alarming, and the long-term sustainability of {GM} crops can seriously be questioned. {I}n a context where {GM} soybean production has become one of the strategic components of {A}rgentina's economy, as well as in the country's international positioning, our results suggest that it is highly unlikely that the government will implement policies against this precious crop and its by-products. {H}owever, promoting sustainable agricultural growth has become not only desirable, but necessary.},
  keywords = {{ECONOMIE} {RURALE} ; {PRODUCTION} {AGRICOLE} ; {CULTURE} {DE} {RENTE} ; {SOJA} ; {MARCHE} ; {PRIX} {AGRICOLE} ; {DEVELOPPEMENT} {RURAL} ; {GESTION} {FONCIERE} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {AGRICULTURE} {DURABLE} ; {ARGENTINE}},
  address = {{C}lermont-{F}errand},
  publisher = {{CERDI}},
  series = {{E}tudes et {D}ocuments - {CERDI}},
  pages = {20  multigr.},
  year = {2016},
  ISSN = {2114-7957},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073373},
}