Brian Dowd‐uribe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Dowd‐uribe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowd‐uribe |
| SIGNATURE | URIBE B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of San Francisco |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
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
Knowledge politics and the Bt cotton success narrative in Burkina Faso
Weaving cotton-led development? Liberalization, cotton producer organizations, and uneven development in Burkina Faso
This article argues that the politics of scale in a nested hierarchy of cotton governance institutions in Burkina Faso are weighted against smaller producers, with what looks like success from a broader scale producing uneven development at the local scale. We show that at the national level, Burkina Faso has succeeded in increasing its output of cotton lint. At the local level, we see a differentiated outcome where the liberalization-initiated s…
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…
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…
Debating the merits of biotech crop adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: Distributional Impacts, Climatic Variability and Pest Dynamics
The debate on whether genetically engineered (GE) crops can alleviate poverty in Africa continues to intensify. Thus far only one GE crop has been commercialized among smallholders – a pest resistant form of cotton – and only in two sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. We present evidence from Burkina Faso to argue that GE cotton adoption may increase the risk of all producers, may only bring benefits in the short term and may only benefit the re…
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…
Weaving cotton-led development? Liberalization, cotton producer organizations, and uneven development in Burkina Faso
This article argues that the politics of scale in a nested hierarchy of cotton governance institutions in Burkina Faso are weighted against smaller producers, with what looks like success from a broader scale producing uneven development at the local scale. We show that at the national level, Burkina Faso has succeeded in increasing its output of cotton lint. At the local level, we see a differentiated outcome where the liberalization-initiated s…
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
Debating the merits of biotech crop adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: Distributional Impacts, Climatic Variability and Pest Dynamics
The debate on whether genetically engineered (GE) crops can alleviate poverty in Africa continues to intensify. Thus far only one GE crop has been commercialized among smallholders – a pest resistant form of cotton – and only in two sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. We present evidence from Burkina Faso to argue that GE cotton adoption may increase the risk of all producers, may only bring benefits in the short term and may only benefit the re…
Debating the merits of biotech crop adoption in sub-Saharan Africa: Distributional Impacts, Climatic Variability and Pest Dynamics
The debate on whether genetically engineered (GE) crops can alleviate poverty in Africa continues to intensify. Thus far only one GE crop has been commercialized among smallholders – a pest resistant form of cotton – and only in two sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. We present evidence from Burkina Faso to argue that GE cotton adoption may increase the risk of all producers, may only bring benefits in the short term and may only benefit the re…
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…
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…
Weaving cotton-led development? Liberalization, cotton producer organizations, and uneven development in Burkina Faso
This article argues that the politics of scale in a nested hierarchy of cotton governance institutions in Burkina Faso are weighted against smaller producers, with what looks like success from a broader scale producing uneven development at the local scale. We show that at the national level, Burkina Faso has succeeded in increasing its output of cotton lint. At the local level, we see a differentiated outcome where the liberalization-initiated s…
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 (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Genetically Modified Organisms Research (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works)