Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Agro-Food Systems
- 2 Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms, and Concentration in the AgTech Space
- 3 Precision Agriculture: Adoption, ‘Re-Scripting’, Farmer Identity, Path Dependence, and ‘Appropriationism 4.0’
- 4 Alternative Proteins: Bio-Mimicry, Structuring the New Protein Industry, ‘Promissory Narratives’, and ‘Substitutionism 4.0’
- 5 Agri-Biotechnology and the Failed Promises of the Seed-Chemical Complex, CRISPR and Gene Editing, and Regulatory Capture
- 6 Between Physical Space and Digital Space: COVID-19, Platform Capitalism, and Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning
- 7 Conclusion: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities
- Postscript
- Notes
- References
- Index
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Agro-Food Systems
- 2 Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms, and Concentration in the AgTech Space
- 3 Precision Agriculture: Adoption, ‘Re-Scripting’, Farmer Identity, Path Dependence, and ‘Appropriationism 4.0’
- 4 Alternative Proteins: Bio-Mimicry, Structuring the New Protein Industry, ‘Promissory Narratives’, and ‘Substitutionism 4.0’
- 5 Agri-Biotechnology and the Failed Promises of the Seed-Chemical Complex, CRISPR and Gene Editing, and Regulatory Capture
- 6 Between Physical Space and Digital Space: COVID-19, Platform Capitalism, and Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning
- 7 Conclusion: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities
- Postscript
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Transforming Agriculture and FoodwaysThe Digital-Molecular Convergence, pp. 106 - 133Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2023