Brian Dowd-Uribe
Biographic Data
| ID | 210684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Dowd-Uribe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowd-Uribe |
| SIGNATURE | DOWD-URIBE B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa
Contemporary agricultural development has changed in significant ways since the green revolution (GR). Its goals have expanded beyond national development to the achievement of environmental and social goals, and, notably, targeted gains for marginalized farmers. Moreover, advances in molecular breeding have expanded the tools used to achieve such goals. This research examines a prominent agricultural biotechnology program, pest resistant (Bt) co…
Anticipating farmer outcomes of three genetically modified staple crops in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from farming systems research
The Ecolaboratory: Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica
Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (PES) and beyond, for the past half-century the country has successfully positioned itself at the forefront of novel trends in environmental governance and su…
Ecolaboratory: Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica
Knowledge politics and the Bt cotton success narrative in Burkina Faso
GMOs and poverty: Definitions, methods and the silver bullet paradox
The question of whether genetically modified (GM) crops can help the poor is of urgent importance yet difficult to answer. This essay identifies two problem areas: methodology and implementation. Given the extraordinary diversity of both GM crops and poor populations, it is perhaps better to ask “Which poor could a specific GM crop benefit, and how?” Most GM crop analyses use narrow indicators over short time scales and neglect key variables such…
Briefing: Burkina Faso's reversal on genetically modified cotton and the implications for Africa
Can Genetically Modified (GM) crops help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? To date, only two GM crops – insect-resistant forms of cotton and maize – have made it into the hands of African farmers. Of these, GM cotton has the longest empirical track record, having been the first GM crop ever introduced in Africa, and the only one that has been grown in multiple countries – first South Africa, then Burkina Faso.1 The performance of this cr…
Waterworlds: Anthropology in Fluid Environments
Engineering yields and inequality? How institutions and agro-ecology shape Bt cotton outcomes in Burkina Faso
Seeds and places: The geographies of transgenic crops in the global south
A political ecology of socio-economic differentiation: Debt, inputs and liberalization reforms in southwestern Burkina Faso
This paper builds on work from the agrarian change and political ecology literatures to analyze the process of agrarian change among smallholder cotton farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso. Specifically, we use a rural survey of 72 heads of household in three villages to examine whether and how (1) access to agricultural inputs, (2) debt and (3) liberalization reforms combine to produce rural socio-economic differentiation based on wealth. We fin…
A political ecology of socio-economic differentiation: Debt, inputs and liberalization reforms in southwestern Burkina Faso
This paper builds on work from the agrarian change and political ecology literatures to analyze the process of agrarian change among smallholder cotton farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso. Specifically, we use a rural survey of 72 heads of household in three villages to examine whether and how (1) access to agricultural inputs, (2) debt and (3) liberalization reforms combine to produce rural socio-economic differentiation based on wealth. We fin…
Engineering yields and inequality? How institutions and agro-ecology shape Bt cotton outcomes in Burkina Faso
Knowledge politics and the Bt cotton success narrative in Burkina Faso
Briefing: Burkina Faso's reversal on genetically modified cotton and the implications for Africa
Can Genetically Modified (GM) crops help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? To date, only two GM crops – insect-resistant forms of cotton and maize – have made it into the hands of African farmers. Of these, GM cotton has the longest empirical track record, having been the first GM crop ever introduced in Africa, and the only one that has been grown in multiple countries – first South Africa, then Burkina Faso.1 The performance of this cr…
Seeds and places: The geographies of transgenic crops in the global south
GMOs and poverty: Definitions, methods and the silver bullet paradox
The question of whether genetically modified (GM) crops can help the poor is of urgent importance yet difficult to answer. This essay identifies two problem areas: methodology and implementation. Given the extraordinary diversity of both GM crops and poor populations, it is perhaps better to ask “Which poor could a specific GM crop benefit, and how?” Most GM crop analyses use narrow indicators over short time scales and neglect key variables such…
Anticipating farmer outcomes of three genetically modified staple crops in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from farming systems research
Engineering yields and inequality? How institutions and agro-ecology shape Bt cotton outcomes in Burkina Faso
Seeds and places: The geographies of transgenic crops in the global south
A political ecology of socio-economic differentiation: Debt, inputs and liberalization reforms in southwestern Burkina Faso
This paper builds on work from the agrarian change and political ecology literatures to analyze the process of agrarian change among smallholder cotton farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso. Specifically, we use a rural survey of 72 heads of household in three villages to examine whether and how (1) access to agricultural inputs, (2) debt and (3) liberalization reforms combine to produce rural socio-economic differentiation based on wealth. We fin…
Waterworlds: Anthropology in Fluid Environments
Briefing: Burkina Faso's reversal on genetically modified cotton and the implications for Africa
Can Genetically Modified (GM) crops help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? To date, only two GM crops – insect-resistant forms of cotton and maize – have made it into the hands of African farmers. Of these, GM cotton has the longest empirical track record, having been the first GM crop ever introduced in Africa, and the only one that has been grown in multiple countries – first South Africa, then Burkina Faso.1 The performance of this cr…
GMOs and poverty: Definitions, methods and the silver bullet paradox
The question of whether genetically modified (GM) crops can help the poor is of urgent importance yet difficult to answer. This essay identifies two problem areas: methodology and implementation. Given the extraordinary diversity of both GM crops and poor populations, it is perhaps better to ask “Which poor could a specific GM crop benefit, and how?” Most GM crop analyses use narrow indicators over short time scales and neglect key variables such…
The Ecolaboratory: Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica
Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (PES) and beyond, for the past half-century the country has successfully positioned itself at the forefront of novel trends in environmental governance and su…
Ecolaboratory: Environmental Governance and Economic Development in Costa Rica
Knowledge politics and the Bt cotton success narrative in Burkina Faso
Anticipating farmer outcomes of three genetically modified staple crops in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from farming systems research
Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa
Contemporary agricultural development has changed in significant ways since the green revolution (GR). Its goals have expanded beyond national development to the achievement of environmental and social goals, and, notably, targeted gains for marginalized farmers. Moreover, advances in molecular breeding have expanded the tools used to achieve such goals. This research examines a prominent agricultural biotechnology program, pest resistant (Bt) co…
Economics (8 works) · Biology (6 works) · Genetically Modified Organisms Research (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Agricultural economics (4 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works) · Business (4 works) · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 works)