Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique

This article aims at using the analytical framework proposed by Schlager and Ostrom (1992) for a dynamic description of property rights in the management of common resources, here animal genetic resources. Animal genetic resources, and more specifically ruminant breeds (cattle and sheep), are common...

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Main Authors: Julie Labatut, Franck Aggeri, Gilles Allaire
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2014-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10529
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description This article aims at using the analytical framework proposed by Schlager and Ostrom (1992) for a dynamic description of property rights in the management of common resources, here animal genetic resources. Animal genetic resources, and more specifically ruminant breeds (cattle and sheep), are common resources (belonging to farmers communities). They have been much less privatized than plant genetic resources (where varieties belong to firms). We describe the evolution of “institutional regimes of selection” of these resources over time, and how these regimes are destabilized due to political and technological changes (genomic selection). We show how these commons are not only biological resources, but also rely on informational resources and management structures for producing genetic gain, constituting an “intangible property”. We analyze the co-production of genetic and informational resources, focusing on evolving property regimes and governance structures. Indeed, an analysis only in terms of property rights on biological resources, without taking into account the intangible property, would not provide a satisfactory explanation for understanding actual changes. We show how this analytical framework, used with a dynamic perspective, allows for highlighting changes that would have stayed invisible otherwise, such as the destabilization of an institutional regime through its informational dimension.
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spelling doaj-art-c39a87771a4344619dd4789418d52bf22025-01-30T14:26:31ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77962014-02-011410.4000/regulation.10529Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomiqueJulie LabatutFranck AggeriGilles AllaireThis article aims at using the analytical framework proposed by Schlager and Ostrom (1992) for a dynamic description of property rights in the management of common resources, here animal genetic resources. Animal genetic resources, and more specifically ruminant breeds (cattle and sheep), are common resources (belonging to farmers communities). They have been much less privatized than plant genetic resources (where varieties belong to firms). We describe the evolution of “institutional regimes of selection” of these resources over time, and how these regimes are destabilized due to political and technological changes (genomic selection). We show how these commons are not only biological resources, but also rely on informational resources and management structures for producing genetic gain, constituting an “intangible property”. We analyze the co-production of genetic and informational resources, focusing on evolving property regimes and governance structures. Indeed, an analysis only in terms of property rights on biological resources, without taking into account the intangible property, would not provide a satisfactory explanation for understanding actual changes. We show how this analytical framework, used with a dynamic perspective, allows for highlighting changes that would have stayed invisible otherwise, such as the destabilization of an institutional regime through its informational dimension.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10529institutional changecommon pool resourcesgenomicsanimal breedintangible propertyproperty regime
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Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
Revue de la Régulation
institutional change
common pool resources
genomics
animal breed
intangible property
property regime
title Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
title_full Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
title_fullStr Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
title_full_unstemmed Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
title_short Étudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels : régimes de propriété autour des races animales face à l’innovation génomique
title_sort etudier les biens communs par les changements institutionnels regimes de propriete autour des races animales face a l innovation genomique
topic institutional change
common pool resources
genomics
animal breed
intangible property
property regime
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/10529
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