Corporate Concentration and Technological Change in the Global Seed Industry
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In the past three decades, the seed sector has experienced, and is now again experiencing, corporate concentration trends. The fallout of this consolidation is the subject of numerous concerns. However, the seed sector is rather poorly understood. Thus, it is useful to understand it better and to investigate the potential impact on the agri-food chain of the trend toward increased corporate concentration. The first part of this paper presents the main characteristics of the global seed sector, its stakeholders, and its size in the agri-food chain. Next, the corporate consolidation trends of the seed industry over the past two years are examined. The technological evolution of the seed sector is also briefly presented. In the last part of this paper, the fallout of recent mergers and acquisitions in the seed industry are analyzed. Opposing views are expressed on the impact of these mergers and acquisitions in the agri-food chain: while certain stakeholders worry about the risk of food power by the biggest companies, some others expect useful innovations.
JEL: O - Economic Development, ogm, changement technique, Renewable energy sources, secteur semencier, [ SHS.ECO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances, GE1-350, agrochimie, semence ; industrie des semences ; secteur semencier mondial ; firme semencière ; concentration ; chaine agro-alimentaire ; biotechnologie ; OGM ; amélioration des plantes ; agrochimie ; prix des semences ; diversité des semences ; édition de gènes ; agriculteur ; économie agricole ; controverse ; changement technique ; évolution technologique ; firme multinationale, agriculture ;semence;industrie des semences;secteur semencier mondial;firme semencière;concentration;chaîne agro-alimenaire;biotechnologie;OGM;amélioration des plantes;agrochimie;prix des semences;diversité des semences;édition de gènes;agriculteur;économie agricole;controverse;changement technique;évolution technologique;firme multinationale;agriculture, controversy, agriculture, évolution technologique, Environmental effects of industries and plants, chaine agro-alimentaire, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, biotechnologie, industrie des semences, controverse, prix des semences, agriculteur, firme multinationale, seed industry, économie agricole, agri-food chain, biotechnology, concentration, 330, gmo, JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights, TJ807-830, seed company, TD194-195, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights, Economies et finances, corporate concentration, diversité des semences, plant breeding, chaîne agro-alimenaire, Innovation, JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture, filière semences, édition de gènes, firme semencière, OGM, secteur semencier mondial, agriculture ;semence;industrie des semences;secteur semencier mondial;firme semencière;concentration;chaîne agro-alimenaire;biotechnologie;OGM;amélioration des plantes;agrochimie;prix des semences;diversité des semences;édition de gènes;agriculteur;économie agricole;controverse;changement technique;évolution technologique;firme multinationale;agriculture, Technological Change, Environmental sciences, Economies and finances, concentration agroindustrielle, semence, seed, consolidation, amélioration des plantes, jel: jel:Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture, jel: jel:O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights
JEL: O - Economic Development, ogm, changement technique, Renewable energy sources, secteur semencier, [ SHS.ECO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances, GE1-350, agrochimie, semence ; industrie des semences ; secteur semencier mondial ; firme semencière ; concentration ; chaine agro-alimentaire ; biotechnologie ; OGM ; amélioration des plantes ; agrochimie ; prix des semences ; diversité des semences ; édition de gènes ; agriculteur ; économie agricole ; controverse ; changement technique ; évolution technologique ; firme multinationale, agriculture ;semence;industrie des semences;secteur semencier mondial;firme semencière;concentration;chaîne agro-alimenaire;biotechnologie;OGM;amélioration des plantes;agrochimie;prix des semences;diversité des semences;édition de gènes;agriculteur;économie agricole;controverse;changement technique;évolution technologique;firme multinationale;agriculture, controversy, agriculture, évolution technologique, Environmental effects of industries and plants, chaine agro-alimentaire, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, biotechnologie, industrie des semences, controverse, prix des semences, agriculteur, firme multinationale, seed industry, économie agricole, agri-food chain, biotechnology, concentration, 330, gmo, JEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights, TJ807-830, seed company, TD194-195, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights, Economies et finances, corporate concentration, diversité des semences, plant breeding, chaîne agro-alimenaire, Innovation, JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture, filière semences, édition de gènes, firme semencière, OGM, secteur semencier mondial, agriculture ;semence;industrie des semences;secteur semencier mondial;firme semencière;concentration;chaîne agro-alimenaire;biotechnologie;OGM;amélioration des plantes;agrochimie;prix des semences;diversité des semences;édition de gènes;agriculteur;économie agricole;controverse;changement technique;évolution technologique;firme multinationale;agriculture, Technological Change, Environmental sciences, Economies and finances, concentration agroindustrielle, semence, seed, consolidation, amélioration des plantes, jel: jel:Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture, jel: jel:O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O3 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights
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