Responsible to whom? Seed innovations and the corporatization of agriculture

Kelly Bronson · 2015 · Journal of Responsible Innovation

Summary. Hybrid and genetically engineered seed innovations were developed alongside corporate and chemical industry interests, systematically disadvantaging small farmers and alternative agricultural practices. The paper traces how these technological shifts occurred with minimal public controversy because they were embedded in cultural narratives about seeds and farming that normalized corporate control. The author argues that examining seed innovation through technopolitics and cultural analysis reveals how responsibility gets built into technology design, before those choices become locked into material systems and social practice.

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  author  = {Kelly Bronson},
  journal = {Journal of Responsible Innovation},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1080/23299460.2015.1010769},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2015.1010769}
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DOI

10.1080/23299460.2015.1010769

Countries

Canada

Regions

North America

Categories

food-systems, innovation-theory, policy

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2026-04-28