ABSTRACT With more than half of its arable land planted with genetically modified soybeans, Argentina presents a strategic research site to investigate contestations of intellectual property rights on seeds and the enclosure of seeds as common resources. In this contribution, we tackle Argentina as a case study to address three issues. First, we discuss the sweeping expansion of genetically modified crops to illustrate its associated role in (a) the conflicts, negotiations and accommodations of seed control and (b) the obstacles to food/seed sovereignty. Second, we inspect the spatial and class dynamics of these processes with the goal of making a contribution to the literature on food regimes. By looking at the regional dynamics within a nation, we seek to question the ‘methodological nationalism’ of the food regime perspective that, by and large, understands countries as units. Third, and linking the two previous points, we inspect the role of the state in struggles and negotiations over seed and food sovereignty at both the national and subnational scales. We argue that a multi-scalar approach on food/seed sovereignty struggles can provide further visibility to subordinated actors.

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阿根廷转基因作物和种子/粮食主权：当代粮食制度的规模和状态

摘要 阿根廷一半以上的耕地种植转基因大豆，因此提供了一个战略研究基地，以调查种子知识产权的争议和作为共同资源的种子圈地。在这篇文章中，我们将阿根廷作为案例研究来解决三个问题。首先，我们讨论转基因作物的全面扩张，以说明其在 (a) 种子控制的冲突、谈判和协调以及 (b) 粮食/种子主权障碍中的相关作用。其次，我们检查这些过程的空间和阶级动态，目的是为有关食物制度的文献做出贡献。通过观察一个国家内部的区域动态，我们试图质疑食物制度观点的“方法论民族主义”，总的来说，将国家理解为单位。第三，将前两点联系起来，我们考察了国家在国家和地方层面的种子和粮食主权斗争和谈判中的作用。我们认为，食物/种子主权斗争的多尺度方法可以为下属行为者提供进一步的可见性。