TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - [FORTHCOMING] Micro-organism-based bio-inputs: implementation of a technology pathway for self-production 
AU  - Ludovic Temple
 
AU  - Paula Fernandes 
AB  - This article summarises the contributions made by the research published in this special issue on the development of microbial bio-inputs as an alternative to synthetic chemical inputs in agriculture. In light of the environmental, health and geopolitical impacts of the agrochemical model that emerged from the Green Revolution, it identifies two distinct pathways. The first is based on the decentralised self-production of bio-inputs by farmers, small cooperatives and enterprises using local resources. Observed in Cuba, Cameroon and Cambodia, this approach promotes autonomy, technological sovereignty, cost reduction and socio-ecological intensification through local knowledge and community dynamics. The second pathway involves the industrialisation of bio-inputs by large companies, based on standardisation, economies of scale and integration into global value chains. This approach aims to make the existing agro-industrial model more sustainable. Bio-inputs, for which markets are growing rapidly, can thus support either the agro-industry or a more autonomous and locally-based agroecological transition. The article highlights the barriers and drivers for the widespread adoption of the self-production pathway: variability in outcomes, regulatory constraints, and labour and infrastructure requirements. It examines how innovation in bio-inputs challenges prospects for intensification linked to food security issues. 
DO  - TBA 
JF  - Technology and Innovation 
KW  - Self-production, Bio-inputs, Micro-organismes, Technological trajectory, Innovation, Agroecology, Autoproduction, Bio-intrants, Micro-organismes, Trajectoire technologique, Innovation, Agroécologie,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/temple-intro.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2026/09/1 
SN  - 2399-8571 
TT  - [À PARAITRE] Les bio-intrants à base de micro-organismes : implémentation d’une trajectoire technologique d’autoproduction 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Micro-organism-based-bio-inputs-implementation-of-a-technology-pathway-for-self 
IS  - Forthcoming papers 
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