The Economic Botany of Organic Cotton Farms In Telangana, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18955503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Flachs (0000-0002-8754-2050, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 683-713 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-0771 • E-ISSN: 2162-4496 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2993/0278-0771-36.3.683 |
| OpenAlex | W2529430858 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
Organic agriculture projects have advanced biodiversity as a key goal and outcome of their methods, in part by encouraging non-chemical inputs and non-genetically modified seeds. In India, organic cotton agriculture has been marketed as a specific alternative to genetically modified cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), India's only legal GM crop. However, previous work has shown that the same production pressures that drive GM agriculture to lack biodiversity do not necessarily apply to Indian cotton farms. On organic farms in the Adilabad district of Telangana, India, organic farmers are growing nearly 100 semi-managed foods, trees, and medicines belonging to 37 botanical families. However, organic groups target farmers that may be more inclined to cultivate agrobiodiversity anyway. This paper draws on household surveys, field interviews, and ethnographic research among ethnic Gond farmers participating in a corporate organic program to suggest that such alternative agriculture schemes find ways to reward farmers for biodiverse fields. Organic cotton farms contain significantly greater numbers of economic plants than GM cotton farms in Telangana and organic organizations ensure that this economic botany becomes institutionalized
Agricultural biodiversity · Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Biology · Business · Crop · Economics · Geography · Organic farming · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Ecology · Forestry
Possibilities for Multispecies Approaches in Coffee Landscapes
Degrowing alternative agriculture
The Cotton Road
Ethnobiology and Degrowth
Listing at Multiple Stages
Cotton Monocultures and Reorganizing Socioecological Life in Telangana, India
Towards a General Theory of Agricultural Knowledge Production
Organic aspirations in South India
Designs on Nature
Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming
The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance
First the Seed
The Myth of Coexistence
Transgenic Crops
Stealth seeds
Persistent Agrobiodiversity on Genetically Modified Cotton Farms in Telangana, India
The Trials of Genetically Modified Food
Importing Corn, Exporting Labor
Rhythms of the herd
Ecological Impacts of Industrial Agriculture and the Possibilities for Truly Sustainable Farming
The value of commodity biographies
Biocultural Refugia
Science', representation and resistance
Considerations for Collecting Freelists in the Field
Object and Walking Probes in Ethnographic Interviewing
Both Sides Now
State science, risk and agricultural biotechnology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |