Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?

How could we know if agricultural development interventions make contributions to sustainable development goals (SDGs)? Genetically engineered (GE) crops are celebrated as a class of technological interventions that can realize multiple SDGs. But recent studies have revealed the gap between GE crop...

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Autores principales: Dowd-Uribe, Brian, Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Glover, Dominic, Louafi, Sélim, Shilomboleni, Helena, Rock, Joeva Sean, Kikulwe, Enoch, Fischer, Klara, Joly, Pierre-Benoît
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148842
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author Dowd-Uribe, Brian
Blundo-Canto, Genowefa
Glover, Dominic
Louafi, Sélim
Shilomboleni, Helena
Rock, Joeva Sean
Kikulwe, Enoch
Fischer, Klara
Joly, Pierre-Benoît
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Dowd-Uribe, Brian
Fischer, Klara
Glover, Dominic
Joly, Pierre-Benoît
Kikulwe, Enoch
Louafi, Sélim
Rock, Joeva Sean
Shilomboleni, Helena
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Blundo-Canto, Genowefa
Glover, Dominic
Louafi, Sélim
Shilomboleni, Helena
Rock, Joeva Sean
Kikulwe, Enoch
Fischer, Klara
Joly, Pierre-Benoît
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description How could we know if agricultural development interventions make contributions to sustainable development goals (SDGs)? Genetically engineered (GE) crops are celebrated as a class of technological interventions that can realize multiple SDGs. But recent studies have revealed the gap between GE crop program goals and the approaches used to assess their impacts. Using four comprehensive reviews of GE crop socio-economic impacts, we identify common shortcomings across three themes: (a) scope, (b) approaches and (c) heterogeneity. We find that the evaluation sciences literature offers alternative assessment approaches that can enable evaluators to better assess impacts, and inform learning and decision-making. We recommend the use of methods that enable evaluations to look beyond the agronomic and productive effects of individual traits to understand wider socio-economic effects.
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spelling CGSpace1488422025-11-11T19:05:35Z Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development? Dowd-Uribe, Brian Blundo-Canto, Genowefa Glover, Dominic Louafi, Sélim Shilomboleni, Helena Rock, Joeva Sean Kikulwe, Enoch Fischer, Klara Joly, Pierre-Benoît evaluation agriculture assessment development socioeconomic development genetically modified organisms How could we know if agricultural development interventions make contributions to sustainable development goals (SDGs)? Genetically engineered (GE) crops are celebrated as a class of technological interventions that can realize multiple SDGs. But recent studies have revealed the gap between GE crop program goals and the approaches used to assess their impacts. Using four comprehensive reviews of GE crop socio-economic impacts, we identify common shortcomings across three themes: (a) scope, (b) approaches and (c) heterogeneity. We find that the evaluation sciences literature offers alternative assessment approaches that can enable evaluators to better assess impacts, and inform learning and decision-making. We recommend the use of methods that enable evaluations to look beyond the agronomic and productive effects of individual traits to understand wider socio-economic effects. 2024-09 2024-07-02T13:25:31Z 2024-07-02T13:25:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148842 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Dowd-Uribe, B.; Blundo-Canto, G.; Glover, D.; Louafi, S.; Shilomboleni, H.; Rock, J.S.; Kikulwe, E.; Fischer, K.; Joly, P. (2024) Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development? Global Food Security 42: 100782. ISSN: 2211-9124
spellingShingle evaluation
agriculture
assessment
development
socioeconomic development
genetically modified organisms
Dowd-Uribe, Brian
Blundo-Canto, Genowefa
Glover, Dominic
Louafi, Sélim
Shilomboleni, Helena
Rock, Joeva Sean
Kikulwe, Enoch
Fischer, Klara
Joly, Pierre-Benoît
Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title_full Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title_fullStr Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title_full_unstemmed Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title_short Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development?
title_sort socio economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in africa building knowledge for development
topic evaluation
agriculture
assessment
development
socioeconomic development
genetically modified organisms
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148842
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