Genetics, genomics and genetic modification in agriculture: emerging knowledge-practices in making and managing farm livestock.
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Hull
Department Name: Geography, Environment and Earth Science
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Gibbs D
(2009)
Genetic techniques for livestock breeding: Restructuring institutional relationships in agriculture
in Geoforum
Holloway L
(2012)
Contesting Genetic Knowledge-Practices in Livestock Breeding: Biopower, Biosocial Collectivities, and Heterogeneous Resistances
in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
Holloway L
(2017)
Foucault and Animals
Holloway L
(2013)
Viewing animal bodies: truths, practical aesthetics and ethical considerability in UK livestock breeding
in Social & Cultural Geography
Holloway L
(2015)
Political Ecologies of Meat
Holloway L
(2007)
Exploring Biopower in the Regulation of Farm Animal Bodies: Genetic Policy Interventions in UK Livestock
in Genomics, Society and Policy
Holloway L
(2008)
Boosted bodies: Genetic techniques, domestic livestock bodies and complex representations of life
in Geoforum
Holloway L
(2010)
Choosing and rejecting cattle and sheep: changing discourses and practices of (de)selection in pedigree livestock breeding
in Agriculture and Human Values
Holloway L
(2009)
Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities
in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Morris C
(2008)
Genetic technologies and the transformation of the geographies of UK livestock agriculture: a research agenda
in Progress in Human Geography
| Description | The research showed that, first, 'geneticisation' is not straightforward and inevitable, but is complex, contested and sometimes rejected. 'Styles' of engagement and non-engagement were identified, shifting the focus from the idea of the 'adopter' or 'non-adopter' towards more complex terrains in which an individual breeder can be simultaneously associated with different, even contradictory, styles. For example, they may accept one technique but reject others, or see the value of a technique for one group of animals, but not another. Second, genetic techniques produce new forms of breeder knowledge, and can significantly alter how breeders 'see' their animals and make breeding decisions, for example based on new statistics and comparisons to newly calculable norms. Third, geneticisation is also associated with shifting structures and changing power relationships in the sector, and supports wider processes of integration in food supply chains. Genetic techniques in beef cattle and sheep breeding may further intensify the control over food supply of powerful actors in food chains. |
| Exploitation Route | The effectiveness of the project's dissemination events so far, particularly via the Consultation Panel and the end-of-project seminar, has encouraged the investigators to consider ways of continuing to engage with a range of actors in livestock breeding. Consideration is being given to an application for ESRC follow-on funding to facilitate further dissemination, focusing on 'grass roots' livestock breeders as well as continuing to work with livestock breeding scientists and commercial actors |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| URL | http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/geography-1/research/livestockgenetics.aspx |
| Description | BBC Radio 4 Farming Today broadcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio 4 Farming Today interview on genetic techniques in livestock breeding; broadcast 17 May 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |