Papers on Bioleft
Marín, A., van Zwanenberg, P. y Cremaschi, A. (2021): Bioleft: A collaborative, open source seed breeding initiative for sustainable agriculture. A version of this chapter will be published in the forthcoming edited volume “Transformative Pathways to Sustainability: Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts” (to be published by Taylor and Francis, 2021).
Cremaschi, A. & van Zwanenberg, P. (2020) Bioleft: Open Source Seeds for Low-Input Farming Systems, Journal of Fair Trade, Vol. 2(1): 39–44
Van Zwanenberg, P., Cremaschi, A., Obaya, M., Marin, A. & Lowenstein, V. (2018): Seeking unconventional alliances and bridging innovations in spaces for transformative change: the seed sector and agricultural sustainability in Argentina, Ecology and Society, Vol. 23(3), 11
Galarza, C., Aimetta, B. (2022) Is it possible to produce and use an own corn seed?
Papers on seed industry
Marin, A. and Van Zwanenberg, P. (2020). Transforming agriculture for sustainable development: an exploration of alternative practices in Argentina. Working paper.
Marin, Anabel (2015). Los dueños de las plantas: ¿Quién decide? ¿Cómo se decide? Iberoamericana, 15(58).
Marin, Anabel (2015). El futuro de las semillas y la agricultura en Argentina. Ciencia e investigación 65-3.
Howard, P. H. (2015): Intellectual Property and Consolidation in the Seed Industry (pdf). Crop Sci. 55:2489-2495.
Blog posts on Bioleft
Van Zwanenberg, P. y Marin, A (2018): Bioleft: experimenting with open source seed innovation in Argentina, STEPS Centre – Pathways to sustainability Blog, 6 de junio de 2018.
Cremaschi, A., van Zwanenberg, P. & Marin, A. (2019) Experimentation to action: How Bioleft is helping to grow an open source seed culture, STEPS Centre – Pathways to Sustainability Blog, 3 de octubre de 2019.
Fressoli M., van Zwanenberg P. y Marin A. (2018): From digital commons to nurturing social relationships: How to practice open source ideas with seeds?, STEPS Centre – Pathways to sustainability Blog, 1 de noviembre de 2018.
Bioleft: Beyond an open source seed system. By Almendra Cremaschi, Patrick van Zwanenberg, Anabel Marín, Marcela Basch y Vanesa Lowenstein. XRDS – ACM Magazine for Students, summer issue 2020.
Media articles on seed industry
Los dueños de las semillas: ¿quién decide? By Anabel Marín. Diario Página/12, August 21st 2016.
¿Qué pasa si se va Monsanto? By Anabel Marín. Diario Página/12, July 3rd 2016.
Maldición para el desarrollo By Anabel Marín. Diario Página/12, April 3rd 2016.
Papers on open source seeds
Kotschi J, Horneburg B (2018) The Open Source Seed Licence: A novel approach to safeguarding access to plant germplasm. PLoS Biol 16(10): e3000023.
Luby CH, Goldman IL (2016) Freeing Crop Genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative. PLoS Biol 14(4): e1002441.
Kloppenburg, Jack (2014) Re-purposing the master’s tools: the open source seed initiative and the struggle for seed sovereignty (pdf), The Journal of Peasant Studies, 41:6, 1225-1246
Aoki, Keith (2009): “Free Seeds, Not Free Beer”: Participatory Plant Breeding, OpenSource Seeds, and Acknowledging User Innovation in Agriculture