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Agricultural Knowledge and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Plausible Scenarios for Sustainable Development | 117

Table 3-1. continued.

Structure

Variable

Variable’s definition

Demands from final
consumers

Demands from final
consumers

Demands for diversification
of agri-business products
from several segments of
final consumers.

Demand for healthy and
safe foods

Public’s interest in foods
harmless to health and
nutraceuticals (foods with
medicinal effects).

 

 

Consumer information

Free access to product
information as suited to the
needs of final consumers.

Climate change

Climate change

The effects of increased
frequency and intensity of
climate phenomena driven by
temperature, rainfall, wind,
etc. on agricultural activities.
Epidemics/food
contamination
 Diseases, pests and food
contamination		 Occasional outbreaks
of diseases, pests and/
or diverse kinds of food
contamination in different
countries and regions.
  Advances in biology and
biotechnology		 Research in biology and
biotechnology moves
steadily on the discovery
of fundamental biological
knowledge.
Advances in knowledge Advances in information
technology		 Information and
Communication Technology
(ICT)’s progress on novel
modes for the communication
and flow of information.
 
Advances in
nanotechnology
 Progress on fundamental
nanotechnological
knowledge.
Traditional/indigenous
knowledge
 Traditional/indigenous
knowledge
Dynamic body of knowledge
and practices accumulated
by traditional/indigenous
communities and agricultural
production systems as a
result from the interaction
between the latter and
both nature and agricultural
practice.
Social monitoring of
innovation
 Public perception of S&T
(Science and Technology)		 Public trust on the results
and conclusions from
scientific and technological
activities.
  Social monitoring of
innovation		 Involvement of social actors
on the aims, planning,
implementation, results and
impacts of S&T activities.
Governance
 Governance A wide and inclusive social
compact buttresses the
stability of social, economic,
environmental and innovation
policies in LAC.
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