Rede de transgênicos e combate à fome no Brasil : um estudo de caso sobre a rede RENORBIO
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2015-09-27Autor
Sobral, Vivianne Caroline Santos
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Assuming that the use of (GMOs) in agriculture is controversial, this paper discusses
one of the strongest reasons in favor of such technology: as a mean to combat hunger.
To assess this joint between transgenesis and combat hunger, the RENORBIO’s
researchers network (“Rede de Biotecnologia do Nordeste” - Biotechnology Network
in the Northeast) has been selected to this study for stating “the use of bioscience
advances to reduce hunger "as one of its interests. The present work presents a
sociological point of view on the advancement of technology in agriculture, seeking to
understand the progression of GM farming in crops from some reading about modern
techniques. Then the question of risk and how it is produced nowadays is discussed,
and, after that, the Agroecology is presented as an alternative to transgenic agricultural
management. Only then, the fight against hunger is questioned, as something
controversial, whose solution options depend on different worldviews. Finally, are
presented some major explanations of RENORBIO, its allies, its articulations and their
researches on transgenesis.