Resumen

BILANSKI, Gisele Andrea. La apuesta por el desarrollo con nuevas técnicas de edición genética en la Argentina. Mundo agrar. [online]. 2023, vol.24, n.55, e203. ISSN 1515-5994.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/15155994e203.

The discovery that CRISPR could be used to edit DNA democratized access to genetic engineering by reducing the costs, time and knowledge required. In Argentina, it appeared as a "window of opportunity" to improve the insertion of biotechnological goods and services in the international market and to solve the problems generated by the massive extension of agriculture with GMO. Using interviews, observations, and secondary sources, this paper reconstructs the practices of scientists, businessmen, and government officials that make possible CRISPR research, development and innovation (R&D&i), identifying its limits and possibilities. It finds that the main challenge for ongoing innovations is the regulatory framework established by other countries. Therefore, the commitment to development based on this biotechnological application depends on strategies and geopolitical negotiations that allow the export of the results of the R&D+i carried out in the country.

Palabras clave : Development; Genetic engineering; Innovation; Regulation; Agriculture.

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