Biotechnology Directorate, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
N Biotechnol. 2010 Nov 30;27(5):588-92. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.05.011. Epub 2010 May 16.
Argentina is the second largest grower of genetically modified (GM) crops. This high level of adoption of this new agricultural technology is the result of a complex combination of circumstances. We can identify four main causes that led to this: political support (from agriculture officials), ability to solve prevalent farmers' needs, economic and environmental factors and an early implementation of effective regulations. The political willingness to study this new technology and crops as well as the recruitment of sound professionals and scientists to perform the task was crucial. These professionals, with very diverse backgrounds, created the necessary regulatory framework to work with these new crops. Farmers played a decisive role, as adopting this new technology solved some of their agronomic problems, helped them perform more sustainable agronomic practices and provided economic benefits. Nonetheless, all these advancements had not been possible without a rational, science-based and flexible regulatory framework that would make sure that the GM crops were safe for food, feed and processing.
阿根廷是第二大转基因作物种植国。这种对新农业技术的高度采用是多种情况复杂结合的结果。我们可以确定导致这一结果的四个主要原因：政治支持（来自农业官员）、解决普遍存在的农民需求的能力、经济和环境因素以及早期实施有效的监管。对这项新技术和作物进行研究的政治意愿，以及招募健全的专业人员和科学家来完成这项任务是至关重要的。这些专业人员背景各异，他们创建了必要的监管框架来处理这些新作物。农民发挥了决定性的作用，因为采用这项新技术解决了他们的一些农业问题，帮助他们实施更可持续的农业实践，并带来经济效益。然而，如果没有一个合理、基于科学和灵活的监管框架，确保转基因作物在食品、饲料和加工方面是安全的，所有这些进展都是不可能实现的。
