In this paper, we carry out a critical analysis of the concept of technology in the current
design of the bio-based economy (BBE). Looking at the current status of the BBE, we …

Having an adequate and extensively recognized resource governance system is essential
for the conservation and sustainable use of crop genetic resources in a highly populated …

In the unfolding debate on the prospects, challenges and viability of the imminent transition
towards a 'Bio-Based Society'(BBS) or 'Bio-based Economy'—ie the replacement of fossil …

This chapter argues that privatization hurts the conduct of agricultural and food science
because open access is necessary for high-quality scientific work. Privatization of scientific …

Being more than mere passive objects used at human will, technologies co-determine the
values and structures that shape the EU agricultural system. Technologies (in use) actively …

Taking people's longevity as a measure of good life, humankind can proudly say that the
average person is living a much longer life than ever before. The AIDS epidemic has …

Against a backdrop of a critical review of mainstream, more or less naturalistic conceptions
of scarcity, an alternative Marxist approach stresses the role of the prevailing capitalist mode …

The discourse on knowledge production is in constant transformation: on the one hand,
there is the emergence of instrumental knowledge production based on scientific utility and …

Abstract The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) was an international agrarian
knowledge-production programme created in 2003 by the CGIAR. GCP aims at developing …

The current situation of the climate crisis necessitates the formulation of an adequate
counterstrategy. The Bio-Based Economy is the main strategy in Europe. Its name suggests …