Problematization about agricultural and food nanotechnology research in the framework of the new science, technology and innovation policy in Mexico

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Mónica Anzaldo Montoya
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-2772
Luis Hernández-Adame
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0188-7526

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Debates in the literature on science, technology and innovation (STI) policy argue the importance of reconciling the supply and demand of scientific knowledge to ameliorate social inequalities. In this paper, we problematize the supply and demand of scientific knowledge in the field of agricultural and food nanotechnology (NT) in the context of a change in the conception of STI policy that accompanies the arrival of the new federal government in 2018. To operationalize these dimensions, we first mapped the research projects approved by the National Council of Science and Technology in the period 2012-2019. Subsequently, we examine the research demands established by the council around agri-food systems. In doing so, we discuss the conditions of possibility that agricultural and food NT has to respond to such demands. We conclude that the changes in the conception of science mean new research priorities for the country’s agri-food systems, among them, contributing to food sovereignty and the substitution of agrochemicals in the field; but moreover, they pose challenges to reflect on: How can we make agricultural and food NT contribute to achieve a fair agriculture with rural producers and be respectful with the environment?

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Anzaldo Montoya, M., & Hernández-Adame, L. (2022). Problematization about agricultural and food nanotechnology research in the framework of the new science, technology and innovation policy in Mexico. Mundo Nano. Interdisciplinary Journal on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, 16(30), 1e-24e. https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485691e.2023.30.69683
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