Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production
<p>In light of recent pink bollworm (PBW) pest infestations in several cotton-producing states in India, farmers of genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bt for <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>) have faced fierce criticism for their noncompliance with the national insect resistance manage...
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| description | <p>In light of recent pink bollworm (PBW) pest infestations in several
cotton-producing states in India, farmers of genetically engineered Bt
cotton (Bt for <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>) have faced fierce criticism for their noncompliance with the national
insect resistance management (IRM) strategy. We argue that this criticism is
short-sighted and one-dimensional. Building upon the literature on policy
assemblages we show that the implementation of the IRM strategy in India was
seriously flawed due to government-induced mistranslations of foreign
strategies in the form of policy-diluting alterations. We first show that
India's IRM strategy differs substantially from successful strategies
pursued in the USA or China. Second, we present results from a
representative survey in the state of Telangana (<span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=</span> 457) and show that
India's IRM strategy neglects moral economic considerations and
entrepreneurial agricultural logic that Indian cotton farmers strive for. We
conclude that pink bollworm pest infestations in India are not the fault of
farmers but rather the result of a mismanaged biotechnology project
undertaken by the Indian government and its associated responsible
ministries.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42c89cfcc1a849859139de0d883e77b52022-12-22T03:26:26ZdeuCopernicus PublicationsGeographica Helvetica0016-73122194-87982022-05-017721323010.5194/gh-77-213-2022Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton productionK. Najork0M. Keck1Institute of Geography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyCentre for Climate Resilience, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany<p>In light of recent pink bollworm (PBW) pest infestations in several cotton-producing states in India, farmers of genetically engineered Bt cotton (Bt for <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>) have faced fierce criticism for their noncompliance with the national insect resistance management (IRM) strategy. We argue that this criticism is short-sighted and one-dimensional. Building upon the literature on policy assemblages we show that the implementation of the IRM strategy in India was seriously flawed due to government-induced mistranslations of foreign strategies in the form of policy-diluting alterations. We first show that India's IRM strategy differs substantially from successful strategies pursued in the USA or China. Second, we present results from a representative survey in the state of Telangana (<span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=</span> 457) and show that India's IRM strategy neglects moral economic considerations and entrepreneurial agricultural logic that Indian cotton farmers strive for. We conclude that pink bollworm pest infestations in India are not the fault of farmers but rather the result of a mismanaged biotechnology project undertaken by the Indian government and its associated responsible ministries.</p>https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/77/213/2022/gh-77-213-2022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | K. Najork M. Keck Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production Geographica Helvetica |
| title | Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production |
| title_full | Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production |
| title_fullStr | Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production |
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| title_short | Mistranslating refuge crops: analyzing policy mobilities in the context of Indian Bt cotton production |
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