@incollection{fdi:010078520, title = {{O}n the movement of agricultural technologies : packaging, unpacking and situated reconfiguration}, author = {{G}lover, {D}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {M}aat, {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n this chapter, we examine how farming technologies move between places and how they are unpacked and 'grounded' in particular spaces and contexts. {W}e argue that a better understanding of how this process occurs helps to shed light on a source of contestation within agronomy. {W}e discuss two farming technologies that have been at the centre of controversial debates among experts, policy makers and the wider public : the {S}ystem of {R}ice {I}ntensification ({SRI}) and drip irrigation. {W}e argue that these technologies have been contested partly because important social dimensions have been neglected, which have led to the technologies being configured and appreciated differently in different sites. {H}ere, we use the term sites to include farmers'fields, experimental stations and laboratories, research and training centres, as well as discursive spaces such as agricultural and natural resource policies and research publications.}, keywords = {{EUROPE} ; {MAROC} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {ISRAEL} ; {ETATS} {UNIS}}, booktitle = {{A}gronomy for development : the politics of knowledge in agricultural research}, numero = {}, pages = {14--30}, address = {{A}bingdon ({GBR}) ; {N}ew {Y}ork}, publisher = {{R}outledge}, series = {{P}athways to {S}ustainability}, year = {2017}, ISBN = {978-1-138-24031-5}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078520}, }