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Exploring the emerging landscape of agtech innovation: venture capital, intermediaries, and the limits of "green capitalism"

Abstract Submissions Closed

Thursday, 29 June 2023: 08:30-10:20
Location: 102 (Melbourne Convention Centre)

RC40 Sociology of Agriculture and Food (host committee)

Language: English

Session Type: Oral

Digital agriculture is characterized by much talk of innovation, revolution, transformation, disruption....And, simultaneously, there are good reasons to interpret digital agriculture as an extension or intensification of existing commitments and relations. This conference session explores what, specifically, is expected to change, and how are these changes expected to unfold in local and global contexts? Papers that address questions of innovation, ownership, decision making power, labor processes, diets, environment, regulation, resistance and more are welcome. By clarifying diverse "theories of change", this session will advance understanding of innovation dynamics and political economic relations in the agrifood sector.
Session Organizer:
Steven WOLF, Cornell University, United States, saw44@cornell.edu