
OpinionDecember 27, 2021
How Biotech Crops Can Crash—and Still Never Fail
The U.N. Food Systems Summit put biotechnology at center stage, although agroecological innovations offer greater promise for sustainability
Maywa Montenegro de Wit is an assistant professor in the department of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Combining theories and methods from political ecology, science and technology studies, and agroecology, she studies knowledge politics in struggles for just and sustainable food systems.

How Biotech Crops Can Crash—and Still Never Fail
The U.N. Food Systems Summit put biotechnology at center stage, although agroecological innovations offer greater promise for sustainability