eprintid: 22429 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 24069 dir: disk0/00/02/24/29 datestamp: 2013-04-03 19:38:03 lastmod: 2013-04-03 19:38:03 status_changed: 2013-04-03 19:38:03 type: journalp metadata_visibility: show engabstract: Often we resort to science to legitimize the priority given to the development of transgenic seeds in agronomic research, and the protection afforded to privileged intellectual property rights over such seeds. It is alleged that transgenic seeds incorporate scientific knowledge, but not selected seeds in traditional agriculture, and argues that scientific knowledge there, besides agriculture that makes substantial use of transgenic seeds, no alternative way of feeding humanity. Both claims are questioned by an argument that recognizes agroecology a serious alternative (at least partially) the predominance of biotechnology in agriculture, an alternative that not only finds strong support in the empirical evidence, but also responds to the values ​​of ecological sustainability and social justice. doclang: pt projects: br-other refereed: yes budget: 0 addtitle: Seeds and knowledge that they embodying. docurl: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-88392000000300010 altloc: http://www.scielo.br/?lng=es publicfulltext: TRUE creators_name: Lacey, Hugh title: As sementes e o conhecimento que elas incorporam. ispublished: pub subjects: 2farming keywords: Desenvolvimento científico, Transgênicos, Agroecologia. Scientific development, Transgenic, Agroecology. abstract: Freqüentemente recorre-se à ciência para legitimar a prioridade atribuída ao desenvolvimento de sementes transgênicas na pesquisa agronômica, e a proteção privilegiada concedida aos direitos de propriedade intelectual sobre tais sementes. Alega-se que as sementes transgênicas incorporam conhecimento científico, mas não as sementes selecionadas na agricultura tradicional; e que o conhecimento científico sustenta não haver, além da agricultura que faz uso substancial de sementes transgênicas, maneira alternativa nenhuma de alimentar a humanidade. Ambas as alegações são questionadas por meio de um argumento que reconhece na agroecologia uma séria alternativa (pelo menos parcialmente) à predominância da biotecnologia na agricultura, uma alternativa que não apenas encontra forte apoio na evidência empírica, mas também responde aos valores da sustentabilidade ecológica e da justiça social. date: 2000-07 date_type: published publication: São Paulo em Perspectiva volume: 14 number: 3 referencetext: ALCAMO, I. E. DNA technology: the awesome skill. Dubuque (Iowa), Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1996. ALIER, J.M. "International biopiracy versus the value of local knowledge". Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: a Journal of Socialist Ecology, v.11, n.2, jun. 2000, p.59-68. ALTIERI, M. Agroecologia: a dinâmica produtiva da agricultura sustentável. Rio Grande do Sul, Editora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 1998. __________ . Agroecology: the science of sustainable agriculture. 2a ed. Boulder (Colorado), Westview, 1995. 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The New Yorker, 10/04/2000, p.58-71. full_text_status: public pagerange: 53-59 id_number: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-88392000000300010 issn: 0102-8839 contact_email: organic.eprints@gmail.com voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en voa3r_agrovoc_lang: en voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: transgenics voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: agroecology voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: Rural development voa3r_agrovoc_value_string: Seed voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34283 voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_92381 voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6701 voa3r_agrovoc_value_uri: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6927 fp7_project: no access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess citation: Lacey, Hugh (2000) As sementes e o conhecimento que elas incorporam. [Seeds and knowledge that they embodying.] São Paulo em Perspectiva, 14 (3), pp. 53-59. document_url: /id/eprint/22429/1/Lacey_Sementes.pdf