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Levidow, Les; Birch, Kean and Papaioannou, Theo
(2012).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2012.659881
Abstract
The knowledge-based bio-economy has gained prominence as a research and innovation policy of the European Union. As a policy framework the knowledge-based bio-economy has attracted two contending visions, which can be analyzed as imaginaries – strategic discourses prefiguring a possible, desirable future. In the dominant vision, life sciences will enhance productivity for European competitive advantage in global value chains. A rival vision links agroecology and shorter food supply chains, as a means for farmers to gain more from the value that they add. Each vision favors a different diagnosis of unsustainable agriculture and eco-efficient remedies. Each extends a different paradigm of agri-innovation, foreseeing an economic community that can gain from future markets. These two contending visions give different meanings to the same key terms – knowledge, biological resources and economy. In the EU’s research program for a knowledge-based bio-economy, a life sciences vision dominates the priorities, though agroecology has also gained a significant place in response to proposals from stakeholder networks. Through these efforts, research policy priorities have been opened up to more plural agri-innovation pathways.
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- Item ORO ID
- 33466
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1946-018X
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 217647, entitled ‘Co-operative Research on Environmental Problems in Europe’ (CREPE) - Keywords
- imaginaries; agri-innovation policy; cultural political economy; critical discourse analysis; sustainable agriculture; eco-efficiency; life sciences; agroecology; knowledge-based bio-economy (KBBE); European Technology Platforms (ETPs); Framework Programme 7
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Development
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
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Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
Institute for Innovation Generation in the Life Sciences (Innogen) - Copyright Holders
- © 2012 Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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- Les Levidow