Lyson Thomas A
Dept of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Trends Biotechnol. 2002 May;20(5):193-6. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7799(02)01934-0.
Agricultural biotechnologies are anchored to a scientific paradigm rooted in experimental biology, whereas sustainable agriculture rests on a biological paradigm that is best described as ecological. Both biotechnology and sustainable agriculture are associated with particular social science paradigms: biotechnology has its foundation in neoclassical economics, but sustainability is framed by an emerging community-centered, problem-solving perspective. Fundamentally, biotechnology and neoclassical economics are reductionist in nature. Sustainability and community problem-solving, however, are nonreductionist. Given these differences, we might see the development of two rather distinct systems of food production in the near future.
农业生物技术基于一种扎根于实验生物学的科学范式，而可持续农业则建立在一种最好被描述为生态学的生物学范式之上。生物技术和可持续农业都与特定的社会科学范式相关联：生物技术以新古典经济学为基础，但可持续性则以一种新兴的、以社区为中心的解决问题的视角来构建。从根本上说，生物技术和新古典经济学本质上是还原论的。然而，可持续性和社区问题解决则是非还原论的。鉴于这些差异，我们可能会在不久的将来看到两种截然不同的粮食生产系统的发展。
